Legal Opinion
Anaconda Co. v. Metric Tool & Die Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 12, 1980No. Civ. A. 76-2434PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
EDWARD R. BECKER, District Judge.
I. Preliminary Statement
This is a trade secret case. Plaintiff, The Anaconda Company (“Anaconda”), a Montana corporation, is best known for its mining operations. However, Anaconda is a diversified company also engaged in the fabrication of a varied line of products made from copper, aluminum, steel, and other materials, including a product known as flexible metal hose. 1 One application of flexible metal hose is an item known as telephone cord armor (“TCA”), a strip-wound metal hose familiar to all users of coin telephones. TCA is what…
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- Johnston v. Standard Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1893
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