Economics Laboratory, Inc. v. Donnolo

612 F.2d 405 ECONOMICS LABORATORY, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joseph DONNOLO, Jr., Paul N. Griffith, Jr., Thomas M. Kennedy and Total Chemical Company, a Nevada Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. No. 77-2013. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Nov. 2, 1979. 1 Stephen L. Morris, Lionel, Sawyer & Collins, Las Vegas, Nev., for plaintiff-appellant. 2 David Goldwater, Wiener, Goldwater & Waldman, Las Vegas, Nev., for defendants-appellees. 3 Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. 4 Before HUFSTEDLER and TRASK, Circuit Judges, and WYATT, * District Judge. 5 WYATT, District Judge. 6 This is an appeal by plaintiff Economics Laboratory, Inc. ("Economics") from two judgments of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada in an action against Donnolo, Griffith and Kennedy ("the individual defendants"), and Total Chemical Co. ("Total"). We affirm the judgments in all respects. 7 Economics manufactures detergents which it sells nationally to restaurants and other institutions. The individual defendants, who worked for Economics as sales supervisors, were discharged on August 15, 1975, for having in…