Legal Opinion
Freda v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 26, 2011No. 10-1555PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TINDER, Circuit Judge.
Sausage manufacturer C & F Packing Co., Inc., brought a variety of claims against its former business partner, Pizza Hut, Inc., in 1993. After a trial, a trip to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and a lot of legal wrangling, C & F agreed in 2002 to drop its last remaining claim, trade secret misappropri*571ation, in exchange for a $15.3 million payment from Pizza Hut. Closing the book on the long-running lawsuit merely opened a new chapter of legal difficulties for C & F and its shareholders, however. When it received its $6.12 million take-home…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Frank Lyon Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- United States v. GilmoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Helvering v. HammelSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Raytheon Production Corp. v. Commissioner of Int. Rev.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1944
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