Tronitec, Inc. v. Shealy

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that Tronitec’s claims for conversion and theft were superseded by the Georgia Trade Secrets Act
• jury question as to breach of fiduciary duty where employee purchased on his own account, and at favorable price, components needed by employer, while employee held managerial position and was employer’s purchasing agent
• company's data, programs, devices and methods of repairing circuit boards may constitute trade secret
• GTSA preempted claims for conversion and theft “to the extent [they] were limited to trade secrets” but not to the extent they involved “personal property [that was] not a trade secret”
• GTSA preempted claims for conversion and theft “to the extent [they] were limited to trade secrets” but not to the extent they involved “a personal computer [that was] not a trade secret”
• standard of proof under RICO statute clear and convincing evidence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

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  Eleventh Circuit· 2003-01-24· cited 92×
• Insight Technology, Inc. v. FREIGHTCHECK, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-06-20· cited 46×
• Diamond Power International, Inc. v. Davidson
  N.D. Georgia· 2007-10-01· cited 45×
• Williams General Corp. v. Stone
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-06-16· cited 40×
• SCHOENBAUM LTD., LLC v. Lenox Pines, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-06-25· cited 25×
• R.K. Enterprise, LLC v. Pro-Comp Management, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2004-04-01· cited 23×
• Hilb, Rogal & Hamilton Co. of Atlanta, Inc. v. Holley
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-12-02· cited 16×
• Rabun v. McCoy
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-04-12· cited 13×
• HANSON STAPLE CO., INC. v. Eckelberry
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-03-10· cited 13×
• Professional Energy Management, Inc. v. Necaise
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-09-25· cited 10×
• AMERICAN ASS'N OF CAB COMPANIES v. Parham
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-03-21· cited 10×
• Hilb, Rogal & Hamilton Co. of Atlanta, Inc. v. Holley
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-03-28· cited 9×
• Harper v. Harper
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-05-24· cited 9×
• Opteum Financial Services, LLC v. Spain
  N.D. Georgia· 2005-12-09· cited 8×
• Pabey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-07-10· cited 7×
• Stone v. Williams General Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-03-08· cited 7×
• Blanton v. Bank of America
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-05-29· cited 6×
• Morrison v. JH HARVEY CO., INC.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-06-20· cited 4×
• Nkn Enterprises, LLC v. Branch Banking and Trust Company
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-09-21· cited 4×
• Purchasing Power, LLC v. Bluestem Brands, Inc.
  N.D. Georgia· 2014-05-09· cited 4×

Cites

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

• Lau's Corp., Inc. v. Haskins
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-06-27· cited 2,024×
• Hoechst Diafoil Company v. Nan Ya Plastics Corporation
  Fourth Circuit· 1999-04-06· cited 191×
• Southeast Ceramics, Inc. v. Klem
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-09-09· cited 161×
• Avnet, Inc. v. Wyle Laboratories, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-12-02· cited 66×
• Parks v. Multimedia Technologies, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-07-08· cited 46×
• Simpson Consulting, Inc. v. Barclays Bank PLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-07-28· cited 35×
• Barber v. Perdue
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-12-20· cited 35×
• Stargate Software International, Inc. v. Rumph
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-02-26· cited 33×
• Essex Group, Inc. v. Southwire Co.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-06-29· cited 33×
• Tom's Amusement Co. v. Total Vending Services
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-03-30· cited 32×
• Physician Specialists in Anesthesia, P.C. v. Wildmon
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-06-28· cited 28×
• Bradley v. British Fitting Group, PLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-06-03· cited 26×
• Elder v. Cardoso
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-07-10· cited 22×
• Smith v. Trust Co. Bank
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-12-02· cited 22×
• Quill v. Newberry
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-05-20· cited 22×
• Desmond v. Troncalli Mitsubishi
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-03-24· cited 21×
• Equifax Services, Inc. v. Examination Management Services, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-12-20· cited 17×
• Jennette v. National Community Development Services, Inc
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-06-28· cited 16×
• Freeman v. Saxton
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-12-05· cited 14×
• Gillis v. American General Life & Accident Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-09-25· cited 13×