Peabody v. Norfolk

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing trade secret protection by equity courts
• recognizing trade secret protection by equity courts
• recognizing trade secret protection by equity courts
• there is a property interest in process of manufacturing “which a court of chancery will protect against one who in violation of contract and breach of confidence undertakes to apply it to his own use, or to disclose it to third persons”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

71 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Kewanee Oil Co. v. Bicron Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1974-05-13· cited 566×
• Hyde Corporation v. Huffines
  Texas Supreme Court· 1958-03-12· cited 232×
• Jet Spray Cooler, Inc. v. Crampton
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1972-05-17· cited 136×
• Franke v. Wiltschek
  Second Circuit· 1953-12-09· cited 129×
• Warner-Lambert Co. v. Execuquest Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-03-05· cited 112×
• Jet Spray Cooler, Inc. v. Crampton
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-01-26· cited 109×
• AO Smith Corporation v. Petroleum Iron Works Co.
  Sixth Circuit· 1934-11-10· cited 107×
• Beekman v. Marsters
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1907-04-06· cited 96×
• Chadwick v. Covell
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1890-02-27· cited 63×
• Butterick Publishing Co. v. Fisher
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1909-09-08· cited 58×
• Tex. Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions, Inc. v. Renesas Elecs. Am., Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2018-05-01· cited 57×
• Sarkes Tarzian, Inc. v. Audio Devices, Inc.
  S.D. California· 1958-10-23· cited 51×
• Junker v. Plummer
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1946-07-01· cited 51×
• Standard Brands, Inc. v. Zumpe
  E.D. Louisiana· 1967-01-11· cited 48×
• Aktiebolaget Bofors v. United States (Two Cases). Aktiebolaget Bofors v. Acheson, Secretary of State
  D.C. Circuit· 1951-11-29· cited 47×
• Sandlin v. Johnson
  Eighth Circuit· 1944-03-27· cited 47×
• Harrison v. Glucose Sugar Refining Co.
  Seventh Circuit· 1902-05-06· cited 47×
• William P. Tavoulareas v. The Washington Post Company, D/B/A the Washington Post, a Delaware Corporation Appeal of Mobil Corporation
  D.C. Circuit· 1984-03-15· cited 46×
• Stone v. Goss
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1903-07-23· cited 46×
• John D. Park & Sons Co. v. Hartman
  Sixth Circuit· 1907-03-14· cited 46×

Cites

1 case in this archive is cited by this case.

• Jarvis v. Peck
  New York Court of Chancery· 1843-02-21· cited 11×