Brakefire, Inc. v. Overbeck

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• customer lists, price lists, financial documents, and training information were not trade secrets, as there was evidence that the defendants could have obtained the information by means other than through plaintiff’s files

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Kehoe Component Sales Inc. v. Best Lighting Products, Inc.
  S.D. Ohio· 2013-03-20· cited 18×
• Cincinnati Enquirer v. Hamilton Cty. Bd. of Commrs.
  Ohio Court of Claims· 2020-08-25· cited 6×
• Von Stein v. Brandenburg
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2023-12-11· cited 5×
• Buduson v. Cleveland
  Ohio Court of Claims· 2019-02-12· cited 3×
• Berk Ents., Inc. v. Polivka
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2013-11-12· cited 2×

Cites

24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Alexander v. Buckeye Pipe Line Co.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1978-03-29· cited 1,247×
• Inland Refuse Transfer Co. v. Browning-Ferris Industries of Ohio, Inc.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1984-12-31· cited 584×
• Shifrin v. Forest City Enterprises, Inc.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1992-09-09· cited 477×
• Foster Wheeler Enviresponse, Inc. v. Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1997-05-14· cited 422×
• Kostelnik v. Helper
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2002-07-03· cited 409×
• Kenty v. Transamerica Premium Insurance
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1995-07-05· cited 371×
• Graham v. Drydock Coal Co.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1996-08-14· cited 331×
• Basicomputer Corp. v. Scott
  Sixth Circuit· 1992-09-08· cited 313×
• Raimonde v. Van Vlerah
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1975-04-02· cited 222×
• Episcopal Retirement Homes, Inc. v. Ohio Department of Industrial Relations
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1991-08-14· cited 216×
• McKay Machine Co. v. Rodman
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1967-07-05· cited 141×
• State ex rel. Plain Dealer v. Ohio Dept. of Insurance
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1997-12-05· cited 112×
• Kenty v. Transamerica Premium Ins. Co.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1995-07-05· cited 89×
• Lake Land Employment Group of Akron, LLC v. Columber
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2004-03-10· cited 82×
• Foster Wheeler Enviresponse, Inc. v. Franklin Cty. Convention Facilities Auth.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1997-05-14· cited 73×
• Bissell v. Couchaine
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1846-12-15· cited 54×
• Water Management, Inc. v. Stayanchi
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1984-12-31· cited 53×
• State ex rel. Great Lakes College, Inc. v. State Medical Board
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1972-03-15· cited 26×
• Mid-America Tire v. PTZ Trading
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2002-06-05· cited 26×
• Cleveland Construction, Inc. v. Ohio Department of Administrative Services
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 1997-06-10· cited 18×