Stampede Tool Warehouse, Inc. v. May
Appellate Court of Illinois
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cerda
Defendants, Mark May and Fred Moshier, appeal permanent injunctions under the Illinois Trade Secrets Act (ITSA) (765 ILCS 1065/1 et seq. (West 1992)) restraining them from doing business with any customer of plaintiff, Stampede Tool Warehouse, Inc. (Stampede), to whom they had access during their employment at Stampede. On appeal, defendants assert that (1) the trial court erred when it found that plaintiff’s customer list is protectable as a trade secret under the ITSA; and (2) the scope and time of the permanent injunctions are overbroad.
Defendants worked for Stampede from October 1990…
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