All Stainless, Inc. v. Colby

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that Massachusetts cases have generally limited the enforcement of restrictive covenant to only bar sales to customers formerly solicited by the salesperson or to whom sales were in fact made by the salesperson
• upholding two-year restriction on salesman of stainless-steel fasteners in New England and New York
• “Any restraint must be consistent with the protection of the good will of the employer.”
• “a brief term of employment might appropriately be a factor in determining whether to enforce a restrictive covenant in whole or in part”
• where, on appeal, since-expired noncompete agreement was determined to be valid in part, case was remanded for trial on damages
• “We hold . . . that the restrictive covenant should have been enforced to the extent it was reasonable . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).