Allied Erecting & Dismantling Co. v. Genesis Equip. &
Mfg.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the
district court decision holding that a plaintiff is precluded from
filing a claim based on alleged ongoing misbehavior when an
allegation of trade secrets misappropriation has been resolved, and
the plaintiff's prior attempt to get an injunction or
forward-looking relief was rejected. Allied Erecting &
Dismantling Co. v. Genesis Equip. & Mfg., Case No. 14-3563
(6th Cir., Nov. 3, 2015) (Norris, J.).(concurrence, White, J)
Allied Erecting & Dismantling (Allied), founded in 1973 by
John Ramun, is in the field of industrial dismantling and scrap
processing, including the design, development, and manufacture of
related specialized equipment. Allied is a direct competitor of
Genesis Equip & Mfg. ("Genesis"). While John
Ramun's son Mark worked at Allied, they developed innovative
multi-use demolition machine attachments, called the Allied MT.
Various
