Bailey v. King’s Empirical Analysis
1966
Citation profile
21 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently April 2024
21 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Sherman v. Pfefferkorn · Tolman Laundry, Inc. v. Walker · McLeod v. Meyer · American Excelsior Laundry Company v. Derrisseaux · Little Rock Towel & Linen Supply Co. v. Independent Linen Service Co.
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Appellant contends that there is no mutuality (of consideration), and the contract is thus void. He argues that, under the agreement, appellee did not have to employ Bailey for any particular length of time; appellee did not have to pay any specific amount of money; and could fire Bailey without cause. We do not agree with appellant's contention. Numerous cases support the enforceability of protection covenants where the consideration is based simply upon employment. (Citing cases)"”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The breach of a covenant not to compete is, of course, of a continuing nature, and an action for damages is hardly adequate, mainly because of the extreme difficulty in determining the amount of damage caused by loss of business. It appears that the only realistic relief for a breach of this type of contract is by injunction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Of course, if an employer obtained an agreement of this nature from an employee, and then, without reasonable cause, fired him, the agreement would not be binding. [ 240 Ark. at 248 .]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.