Legal Opinion
Dentsply International, Inc. v. Benton
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 20, 1997No. Civil Action 1:CV-97-0115PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
CALDWELL, District Judge.
I. Introduction.
Invoking our diversity jurisdiction, the plaintiffs, Dentsply International, Inc. and Tulsa Dental Products Inc. (Tulsa), Dents-ply’s wholly owned subsidiary, filed a complaint against the defendant, Brett C. Benton, a former employee of Tulsa. (We will refer to the plaintiffs collectively as “Dents-ply” or the “plaintiff.”) Dentsply seeks damages and injunctive relief for breach of an employment contract allegedly consisting of solicitation of Dentsply’s customers and use of Dentsply’s confidential information.
We are considering the…
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