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· 6/9/1914

American Pure Food Co. v. Commonwealth

Citations

  • 159 Ky. 470
  • 167 S.W. 374
  • 1914 Ky. LEXIS 799

How courts have described this case

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  • discussing that there was two years since the employment relationship had terminated and that was a factor in favor of no fiduciary relationship
  • upholding covenant that spanned Dallas County and all adjacent counties for employee with “telephone sales job” based in Dallas County
  • “A non-competition covenant ‘must - 12 - bear some relation to the activities of the employee.’”
  • “[A] covenant ‘that contains an industry-wide exclusion from subsequent employment is unenforceable.’ ” (quoting Wright, 137 S.W.3d at 298)
  • “A non-competition covenant must bear some relation to the activities of the employee.”

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Judges: Settle

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