787 F. Supp. 2d 118 - Aspect Software, Inc. v. Barnett’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 7 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co. · Elrod v. Burns · Regal Knitwear Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · Bushkin Associates, Inc. v. Raytheon Co. · 62 Cal. 2d 239 - Muggill v. Reuben H. Donnelley Corp.
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“invalidates provisions in employment contracts prohibiting an employee from working for a competitor after completion of his employment ... unless [the provisions] are necessary to protect the employer's trade secrets”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“More recently, some California courts have questioned the vitality of the Muggill line of cases defining the trade secrets exception to Section 16000”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“tailored in such [a] way as to avoid implicating California's fundamental policy against broad noncompetition agreements”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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