LEO SILFEN, INC. v. CREAM


29 N.Y.2d 387 (1972)

Leo Silfen, Inc., et al., Respondents, v. Maurice C. Cream et al., Appellants, et al., Defendant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided January 12, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin I. Goidel for appellants.

Martin L. Conrad and Herbert L. Finkelstein for respondents.

Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, JASEN and GIBSON concur.


BREITEL, J.

In an action for damages and to enjoin a discharged employee from soliciting his former employers' customers, defendants appeal. The issue is whether the employers' investment of time and money in accumulating a list of approximately 15,000 customers, most being readily ascertainable in the trade as likely users of plaintiffs' services, entitles the list to trade secret protection.

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