H. L. Nickelson, D/B/A the Armoloy Company v. General Motors Corporation and Donald E. Crull

DUFFY, Circuit Judge.

In this suit, plaintiff seeks damages and an injunction for defendants’ alleged misappropriation and utilization in breach of confidence of plaintiff’s “trade secret”. The purported trade secret pertains to a process of chrome plating.

The District Court severed the issue of damages from the issue of liability. The liability issue was tried before the court without a jury.

The Court filed findings of fact and conclusions of law holding that the plaintiff had no protectible trade secret and that therefore there had been no breach of a relationship of trust and confidence by…