Legal Opinion
Hoechst Diafoil Company v. Nan Ya Plastics Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 6, 1999No. 98-1030PublishedCited by 187 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Remanded by published opinion. Judge KING wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINS and Judge DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ joined.
OPINION
KING, Circuit Judge:
Hoechst Diafoil Company sued Nan Ya Plastics Corporation in the District of South Carolina, alleging that Nan Ya had misappropriated certain of Hoechst’s trade secrets. When Nan Ya found a description of these trade secrets in an unsealed court file, it moved for summary judgment, arguing that public disclosure had destroyed the information’s trade secret status. Nan Ya now appeals the district court’s orders denying Nan Ya’s summary judgment…
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