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Williams v. Curtiss-Wright Corporation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

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Judicial Decisions
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1983

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References

1 Defendant counterclaimed that plaintiff misappropriated defendant’s trade secrets. See Williams v. Curtiss-Wright Corp., 681 F.2d 161 (3d Cir. 1982). See also Williams v. Curtiss-Wright Corp., 691 F.2d 168 (3d Cir. 1982).

2 694 F.2d 300, 304–05.

3 595 F.2d 1287 (3d Cir. 1979).

4 694 F.2d at 303 (quoting id. at 1294) (emphasis added).

5 694 F.2d at 303 (quoting 595 F.2d at 1294).

6 694 F.2d at 303 (citing Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino, 376 U.S. 398, 423 (1964)).

7 The court did not rule out the possibility, however, that significant developments could occur as the case proceeded that might require the district court to reconsider the application of the act of state doctrine. 694 F.2d at 305.

8 See Industrial Inv. Dev. Corp. v. Mitsui & Co., 594 F.2d 48, 54–55 (5th Cir. 1979), cert, denied, 445 U.S. 903 (1980); Timberlane Lumber Co. v. Bank of America, 549 F.2d 597, 605 (9th Cir. 1976).

9 550 F.2d 68, 76 (2d Cir.), cert, denied, 434 U.S. 984 (1977).

10 See, e.g., Industrial Inv. Dev. Corp. v. Mitsui & Co., 594 F.2d at 54–55.

11 See H.R. Rep. No. 1487, 94th Cong., 2d Sess., reprinted in 1976 U.S. Code Cong. & Ad. News 6604, 6615.

12 Northrop Corp. v. McDonnell Douglas, Nos. 80–5165, 81–5172 (9th Cir. Feb. 28, 1983), rev’g, Northrop Corp. v. McDonnell Douglas Corp., 498 F.Supp. 1112, 1121 (CD. Cal. 1980), summarized in 75 AJIL 370 (1981). See also General Aircraft Corp. v. Air America, 482 F. Supp. 3, 6–7 (D.D.C. 1979).