Marshall v. Gipson Steel


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Docket Number: 2000-CA-01901-SCT

Supreme Court: Opinion Date: 01-31-2002
Opinion Author: COBB,
Holding: REVERSED AND RENDERED

Additional Case Information: Judge(s) Concurring: PITTMAN, C.J., McRAE AND SMITH, P.JJ., WALLER, DIAZ AND CARLSON, JJ.,
Non Participating Judge(s): GRAVES, J.,
Dissenting Author : EASLEY, J.,
Procedural History: Bench Trial
Nature of the Case: CIVIL - REAL PROPERTY

Trial Court: Date of Trial Judgment: 10-16-2000
Appealed from: Lauderdale County Chancery Court
Judge: Sarah P. Springer
Disposition: the chancellor concluded that the Marshall software violated the Mississippi Uniform Trade Secrets Act (MUTSA), Miss. Code Ann. ยงยง 75-26-1 to -19 (2000), and permanently enjoined Marshall "from marketing or otherwise disseminating the software programs which contain the trade secrets of [GSI]."

  Party Name: Attorney Name:  
Appellant: B. SCOTT MARSHALL, INDIVIDUALLY and d/b/a S.A.M. ESTIMATING SOFTWARE and MARSHALL ENTERPRISES, INC. A MISSISSIPPI CORPORATION




W. WHITAKER RAYNER JOHN G. COMPTON



 

Appellee: GIPSON STEEL, INC., A MISSISSIPPI CORPORATION GREGORY MALTA  


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