Security Services, Inc. v. Priest’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Weatherford Oil Tool Company v. Campbell · Economy Grocery Stores Corp. v. McMenamy · Frierson v. Sheppard Building Supply Co. · Granger v. Craven · Spinks v. Riebold
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““We conclude that plaintiff has not established a clear right to enforcement of the covenant against competition. Such covenants are not favored by the courts because of the public policy against restraints of trade and the hardship resulting from interference with a man’s means of livelihood, [citations omitted] . The burden is on the former employer to go beyond the terms of the employment contract and establish by satisfactory evidence both the necessity for and the reasonableness of the restraint on competition which he seeks to enforce, [citations omitted].” Id., at 594, 595 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““If the contract is terminable at the will of the employer, the covenant [not to compete] does not for that reason alone lack consideration_ There is authority, however, to the effect that even though the employment may be terminated at will, equity may deny enforcement of the covenant if the employer acts arbitrarily and unreasonably in discharging the employee.” Id. at 595 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““In my opinion the judgment should be affirmed on the sole ground that plaintiff has failed to present sufficient evidence that defendant’s admitted competitive endeavours have damaged plaintiff’s business so as to justify the issuance of an injunction. Such being true the court did not abuse its discretion in denying equitable relief.” Id., at 596 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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