State ex rel. Arrow Concrete Co. v. Hill

Name: State ex rel. Arrow Concrete Co. v. Hill
Cite: 194 W.Va. 239
Year: 1995
Bluebook cite: State ex rel. Arrow Concrete Co. v. Hill, 194 W.Va. 239 (W.Va. 1995).
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URL: 194 W.Va. 239
Item Type: case
Summary: Court held that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to issue protective order to protect disclosure of trade secrets beyond prohibiting parties other than those involved in litigation from seeing discovered materials. Also, Very nature of antitrust or unfair trade practices action involves discovery of how business conducts itself, and fact that business trade secrets are being discovered does not make information being sought less relevant.