Legal Opinion
Forest Laboratories, Inc., (Cross Appellant) v. The Pillsbury Company, (Cross Appellee)
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 10, 1971No. 71-1318, 71-1319PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, a corporation engaged in producing and packaging effervescent sweetener tablets, sued defendant Pillsbury Company, the well-known manufacturer of food products, alleging that Pillsbury had purloined certain Forest trade secrets. 1 Apart from an antitrust count that was subsequently dismissed, the complaint was based on diversity of citizenship, and the parties are in accord that Wisconsin law is governing. 2
After hearing the testimony of various witnesses and considering the exhibits, the district court agreed with plaintiff that it had successfully…
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