Legal Opinion

Enterprise Leasing Co. of Phoenix v. Ehmke

Court of Appeals of Arizona

Decided December 2, 1999No. 1 CA-CV 99-0046PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

EHRLICH, Judge.

¶ 1 This appeal arises out of the denial of a permanent injunction against a company’s former employee from misappropriating trade secrets. We agree with Enterprise Leasing Company of Phoenix (“Enterprise”) that the trial court erred in finding that the Enterprise financial records and other documents at issue were no longer trade secrets, if they had been, and, thus, that they are not entitled to protection from disclosure by Rich Ehmke, Enterprise’s former employee. We conclude instead that the documents constitute proprietary and confidential information and should be…

2Cases cited24 opinions

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  3. Cherne Industrial, Inc. v. Grounds & Associates, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1979
  4. Pepsico, Inc., a Corporation v. William E. Redmond, Jr., and the Quaker Oats Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
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