Legal Opinion
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Cunningham
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided April 27, 1990No. 90 C 1034PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
HART, District Judge.
Defendants in this case, three former investment brokers for plaintiff (“Merrill Lynch”), clandestinely removed approximately 1800 client files and photocopied them before leaving the employ of Merrill Lynch on February 16, 1990, to work for a competing brokerage firm. Over the weekend after their termination, defendants sent solicitation letters to an undetermined number of these clients on behalf of their new employer. Merrill Lynch responded by filing a verified complaint in which it claimed that defendants’ conduct violated the Account…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Roso-Lino Beverage Distributors, Inc. v. The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of New York, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Kenneth Dale Bradley, Samuel L. CollinsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1985
- Teradyne, Inc. v. Mostek Corp.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation v. Amgen, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
- Sauer-Getriebe Kg, Cross-Appellant v. White Hydraulics, Inc., Harvey C. White and Hollis N. White, Jr., Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Liddle & Robinson v. Kidder Peabody & CoCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1998
- Salvano v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1995
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,660 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Incorporated, a Delaware Corporation v. Lawrence E. Salvano and James B. CoonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- IDS Financial Services, Inc. v. SmithsonDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1994
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 245 v. FirstEnergy Corp.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 2002