031443P.pdf   08/27/2004  Conseco Finance  v.  North American Mtg.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  03-1443
   Eastern District of Missouri   
   Civil Case - diversity - unfair competition. On review of jury verdict in 
   unfair competition claim, lead sheets and information contained therein 
   are trade secrets and removal constituted misappropriation; thus district 
   court did not err in submitting claim to jury and denying judgment as a 
   matter of law. Argument that plaintiff did not make a submissible case 
   for damages because it did not prove net profits was not properly 
   preserved for appeal. Damage award is supportable by either the unfair 
   competition or tortious interference claim. As to punitive damages, 
   conduct was sufficiently reprehensible to support jury award but award 
   does not comport with due process and must be remitted from $18 
   million to $7 million. [PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with R. Arnold 
   and M. Arnold, Circuit Judges]