US West Communications, Inc. v. Office of Consumer Advocate

How courts have described this case

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

• defining “independent economic value” as “information kept secret that would be useful to a competitor”
• denying relief under section 22.7(3) where “the record is vague concerning the extent of the advantage ... lease information will provide competitors”
• information kept secret that would be useful to a competitor and require cost, time, and effort to duplicate is of economic advantage to a competitor
• “We believe that a broad range of business data and facts which, if kept secret, provide the holder with an economic advantage over competitors or others, qualify as trade secrets”
• review of district court’s interpretation of a statute is at law
• “Business information may . . . fall within the definition of a trade secret, including such matters as maintenance of data on customer lists and needs, source of supplies, confidential costs, price data and figures.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).