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· 6/11/2015

Brown & Brown v. Theresa A. Johnson

Citations

  • 25 N.Y.3d 364
  • 34 N.E.3d 357
  • 12 N.Y.S.3d 606

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding factual dispute as to whether overbroad restrictive covenant could still be partially enforced
  • describing the nature of the public policy implicated by the exception
  • refused to enforce Florida’s non-compete statute because it was contrary to public policy and failed the “truly obnoxious test”
  • noncompete covenants \strictly construed\ based on \powerful considerations of public policy . . . against sanctioning the loss of a livelihood\
  • “[O]n this record and at this early stage of the action when little discovery has taken place, dismissal of the portion of the breach of contract claim based on the non-solicitation provision in the employment agreement is inappropriate.”
  • “[O]n this record and at this early stage of the action when little discovery has taken place, dismissal [under the BDO Seidman standard] of the portion of the breach of contract claim based on the non-solicitation provision in the employment agreement is inappropriate.”

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Judges: Stein, Lippman, Read, Pigott, Abdussalaam, Rivera, Fahey

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