American Colortype Co. v. Continental Colortype Co., 188 U.S. 104 (1903)
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American Colortype Co. v. Continental Colortype Co., 188 U.S. 104 (1903)
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American Colortype Company v. Continental Colortype Company No. 440 Submitted December 22, 1902 Decided January 19, 1903 188 U.S. 104
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
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An Illinois corporation transferred to a New Jersey corporation contracts of employment containing stipulations that the employs would not accept employment from any other person during specified periods and would never divulge the secrets of the trade. The New Jersey company, by consent of all parties, became substituted as a party to such contracts and instructed the employees who accepted the employment in valuable trade secrets. The employees, who were not citizens of New Jersey, then entered into an arrangement to work for a rival Illinois corporation.
Held that, as whatever claim the New Jersey corporation had was based on the promise made directly to it upon a consideration furnished by it, it was not prevented from maintaining an action in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois against such employees and the Illinois corporation to restrain the employees from working for, or divulging such secrets to, the Illinois corporation on the ground that the action was to recover the contents of a chose in action in favor of an assignee, the assignor being a citizen of Illinois.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," American Colortype Co. v. Continental Colortype Co., 188 U.S. 104 (1903) in 188 U.S. 104 188 U.S. 105. Original Sources, accessed November 25, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=IQYMA3ANSEZRQ7S.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." American Colortype Co. v. Continental Colortype Co., 188 U.S. 104 (1903), in 188 U.S. 104, page 188 U.S. 105. Original Sources. 25 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=IQYMA3ANSEZRQ7S.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in American Colortype Co. v. Continental Colortype Co., 188 U.S. 104 (1903). cited in 1903, 188 U.S. 104, pp.188 U.S. 105. Original Sources, retrieved 25 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=IQYMA3ANSEZRQ7S.
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