Update, Inc. v. Samilow’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
Relationships
Relies on Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Direx Israel, Ltd. v. Breakthrough Medical Corp. · Simmons v. Miller · Worrie v. Christine · Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Bradley
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]lthough it is undoubtedly true that subjecting [a former employee] to the restrictive covenant may impair his ability to earn a living, [the employer] has an interest in protecting its customers from diversion pending resolution of the case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“courts have no authority under Virginia law to 'blue pencil' or otherwise rewrite the contract to eliminate illegal overbreadth.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[g]enerally, irreparable harm 'is suffered when monetary damages are difficult to ascertain or are inadequate”
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.