By Steven Oberbeck

The Utah Supreme Court has given new life to a lawsuit by a Texas company that claims PacifiCorp pilfered its trade secrets and used them to concoct it own winning bid for the Currant Creek power plant near Mona.

Dallas-based USA Power filed a lawsuit in late 2005 seeking up to $500 million in damages from PacifiCorp., only to have 3rd District Court Judge Tyrone Medley rule in PacifiCorp's favor prior to the case going to trial.

Utah's highest court, though, overturned the lower court's decision. And that means USA Power's lawsuit is back on.

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