Legal Opinion

Basic American, Inc. v. Shatila

Idaho Supreme Court

Decided December 22, 1999No. 24589PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SILAK, Justice.

Appellants Idaho Fresh-Pak (IFP) and Mounir Shatila (Shatila) appeal from an injunction and a $3.26 million judgment entered against them for misappropriation of trade secrets under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, enacted as the Idaho Trade Secrets Act (ITSA), Chapter 8, Title 48 of the Idaho Code. We affirm.

I

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. Facts

Respondent Basic American, Inc., (Basic) is a Delaware corporation. Basic manufactures dehydrated potato products. Basic has maintained a research and development (R & D) facility at Blackfoot, Idaho, since 1957. The Blackfoot facility…

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