The Hartwell Corporation v. The Boeing Company

678 F.2d 842 The HARTWELL CORPORATION, a corporation of California, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The BOEING COMPANY, a corporation of Delaware; Does I-X, corporations; and Does XI-XX, individuals, Defendants-Appellees, Avibank Manufacturing, Inc., Intervening Defendant-Appellee. No. 81-5357. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 4, 1981. Decided June 4, 1982. Roland N. Smoot, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. Douglas L. Thorpe, Johnsen, Manfredi & Thorpe, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before CANBY and NORRIS, Circuit Judges, and JAMESON, * District Judge. NORRIS, Circuit Judge: 1 Hartwell originally filed this unfair competition action in California Superior Court against the Boeing Company and 20 fictitious Doe defendants. 1 In its complaint, Hartwell alleged that Boeing had wrongfully disclosed Hartwell's trade secrets to certain unidentified Hartwell competitors. The only charging allegation against the Does were that they had, in some unspecified fashion, participated in Boeing's wrongful actions. Boeing immediately removed the matter…