Laff v. John O. Butler Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• “[A] trade secret is open to anyone, not bound by a confidential relationship or a contract with the secret’s owner, who can discover the secret through lawful means.”
• “a trade secret is open to anyone, not bound by a confidential relationship or a contract with the secret’s owner, who can discover the secret through lawful means”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Learning Curve Toys, Inc. v. Playwood Toys, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2003-08-18· cited 218×
• In Re the Estate of Miller
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1982-07-13· cited 70×
• Vandevier v. Mulay Plastics, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1985-08-02· cited 33×
• Bender v. Consolidated Mink Ranch, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1982-11-01· cited 33×
• Ruggio v. Ditkowsky
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1986-09-26· cited 32×
• Wells v. Minor
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-09-12· cited 30×
• Winklevoss Consultants, Inc. v. Federal Insurance
  N.D. Illinois· 1998-01-23· cited 28×
• Moniuszko v. Moniuszko
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-11-16· cited 27×
• First National Bank of Evergreen Park v. Chrysler Realty Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1988-03-31· cited 17×
• Newman-Green, Inc. v. Alejandro Alfonzo-Larrain R.
  Seventh Circuit· 1987-10-28· cited 15×
• Estate of Whittington v. Emdeko National Housewares, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1981-05-18· cited 14×
• EDWARD M. COHON & ASSOCS., LTD. v. First Nat. Bank
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1993-06-18· cited 12×
• People Ex Rel. City of Leland Grove v. City of Springfield
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1990-02-15· cited 11×
• Pederson v. West
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1990-10-05· cited 10×
• Schumann v. IPCO Hospital Supply Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1981-03-09· cited 8×
• Fogarty v. Parichy Roofing Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1988-09-30· cited 7×
• Brown v. Bozorgi
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-09-16· cited 3×
• Unnamed case
  Seventh Circuit· 2003-08-18

Cites

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

• Kewanee Oil Co. v. Bicron Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1974-05-13· cited 566×
• Lear, Inc. v. Adkins
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-16· cited 551×
• Smith v. Dravo Corp.
  Seventh Circuit· 1953-05-11· cited 138×
• ILG Industries, Inc. v. Scott
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1971-06-24· cited 119×
• Schek v. Chicago Transit Authority
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1969-03-27· cited 110×
• Schulenburg v. Signatrol, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1965-09-28· cited 80×
• Rios v. Jones
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1976-05-28· cited 74×
• Warner-Lambert Pharmaceutical Co. v. John J. Reynolds, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1959-11-16· cited 62×
• Bergman v. Rhodes
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1929-02-20· cited 61×
• Merlo v. Johnston City & Big Muddy Coal & Mining Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1913-04-19· cited 48×
• Snow v. Dixon
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1977-04-05· cited 47×
• Victor Chemical Works v. Iliff
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1921-10-22· cited 44×
• Bimba Mfg. Co. v. Starz Cylinder Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1969-12-10· cited 36×
• The PEOPLE v. Joe
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1964-09-29· cited 33×
• City of Chicago v. Chicago Title & Trust Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1928-06-23· cited 26×
• Cook-Master, Inc. v. Nicro Steel Products, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1950-03-07· cited 20×
• Rankin v. Hojka
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1976-09-24· cited 19×
• Bauer v. Timucci
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1975-11-04· cited 16×
• Chicago & North Western Railway Co. v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1977-01-20· cited 16×
• Chicago & Vicinity Hungarian Benevolent Society v. Chicago & Suburb Hungarian Aid Society
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1918-02-20· cited 16×