Becker v. Bailey

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• holding that analysis of restrictive covenant must begin with a determination of whether it is “too broad on its face”
• holding that a covenant restricting a tag and title courier from engaging in similar business in the surrounding counties for two years was unenforceable because he was an unskilled worker whose services were not unique and there were no private customer lists or trade secrets
• noting the distinction drawn by Maryland courts between restraints which are justified and those which work undue hardship and are unenforceable because they merely seek to prohibit more efficient competition
• refusing to enforce a covenant not to compete against an “unskilled worker whose services are not unique,” as he “learned no trade secrets nor did he engage in solicitation of any . . . customers”
• “[A]nd, if [the scope] is not too broad on its face, the facts and circumstances of each case must be examined.”
• 2 years from termination of employment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).