Electro-Craft Corp. v. Controlled Motion, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that district court findings of “trade secrets in the general ‘design procedures’ for [a] brushless motor” lacked sufficient specificity and that “[t]his lack of clarity is fatal to [plaintiff’s] claim”
• stating that under the UTSA, “[without a proven trade secret there can be no action for misappropriation, even if defendants’ actions were wrongful”
• explaining that “more than an intention” to keep something secret is required (internal quotation marks omitted)
• holding no trade secret protection where none of company's relevant documents marked as confidential
• holding no trade secret protection where none of company’s relevant documents marked as confidential
• finding a “lack of clarity” in defining trade secrets prevented the entry of an injunction

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  Indiana Supreme Court· 1993-10-21· cited 91×
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• Surgidev Corp. v. Eye Technology, Inc.
  D. Minnesota· 1986-11-17· cited 47×
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  D. Maine· 2017-12-29· cited 45×
• Superior Edge, Inc. v. Monsanto Co.
  D. Minnesota· 2013-08-09· cited 38×
• Basic American, Inc. v. Shatila
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1999-12-22· cited 34×
• Micro Display Systems, Inc. v. Axtel, Inc.
  D. Minnesota· 1988-11-15· cited 28×
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  D. Minnesota· 1999-03-22· cited 28×
• Thola v. Henschell
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2007-08-07· cited 27×
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  D. Minnesota· 1992-01-22· cited 24×
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  Eighth Circuit· 1987-09-04· cited 21×
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Cites

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

• Cherne Industrial, Inc. v. Grounds & Associates, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1979-04-06· cited 201×
• Smith v. Dravo Corp.
  Seventh Circuit· 1953-05-11· cited 138×
• Van Products Co. v. General Welding & Fabricating Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1965-10-13· cited 135×
• ILG Industries, Inc. v. Scott
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1971-06-24· cited 119×
• United Wild Rice, Inc. v. Nelson
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1982-01-05· cited 91×
• The A. H. Emery Company v. Marcan Products Corporation, Marshall Control Products Corp., Hugh A. Mills, Ronald R. Marshall, and David E. Golding
  Second Circuit· 1968-01-18· cited 85×
• E. W. Bliss Company v. Struthers-Dunn, Inc., P. G. Bartlett, L. K. Clark, D. E. Henry and J. A. Dinges
  Eighth Circuit· 1969-05-02· cited 78×
• Forest Laboratories, Inc., (Cross Appellant) v. The Pillsbury Company, (Cross Appellee)
  Seventh Circuit· 1971-12-10· cited 77×
• Larry E. Clark v. Berkeley L. Bunker
  Ninth Circuit· 1972-01-14· cited 75×
• Sun Dial Corp. v. Rideout
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1954-10-18· cited 68×
• E.I. Dupont Denemours & Company, Inc. v. Rolfe Christopher
  Fifth Circuit· 1970-08-25· cited 53×
• Jostens, Inc. v. National Computer System, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1982-04-23· cited 45×
• USM Corp. v. Marson Fastener Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-08-29· cited 40×
• Servo Corporation of America v. General Electric Company
  Fourth Circuit· 1968-03-14· cited 39×
• Edward M. Goldberg, M.D., Cross-Appellant v. Medtronic, Inc., Cross-Appellee
  Seventh Circuit· 1982-08-16· cited 37×
• Henry Hope X-Ray Products, Inc. v. Marron Carrel, Inc., an Arizona Corporation and Karl Ungar
  Ninth Circuit· 1982-04-23· cited 36×
• Fowler v. Board of Supervisors of Elections of Prince Georges County
  Supreme Court· 1971-01-25· cited 36×
• Dynamics Research Corp. v. Analytic Sciences Corp.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-02-27· cited 35×
• Structural Dynamics Research Corp. v. Engineering Mechanics Research Corp.
  E.D. Michigan· 1975-09-09· cited 33×
• Kubik, Inc. v. Hull
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1974-11-06· cited 30×

Other cases named Electro-Craft Corp. v. Controlled Motion, Inc.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Electro-Craft Corp. v. Controlled Motion, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1985-07-02· cited 1×