Capricorn Systems, Inc. v. Pednekar

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that if no actual damages shown for breach of a termination notice provision, then nominal damages were still recoverable
• holding that if no actual damages shown for breach of a termination notice provision, then nominal damages were still recoverable
• holding that a restrictive covenant that had no definite geographic-area limitations as to competition, solicitation of clients, or recruiting of employees rendered the covenant unenforceable for being overbroad
• liquidated damages clause unenforceable where damages set arbitrarily at $50,000 and bore no rational relationship to actual or potential damages
• “Void restrictive covenants, which cannot be blue-penciled5 out of the contract, do not void the entire contract when the contract contains a severability clause . . . .”
• “Where a former employee is prohibited from working in any scope or capacity of employment for a competitor of the former employer, such covenant not to compete is unenforceable as being overly and unreasonably broad”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Advance Technology Consultants, Inc. v. RoadTrac, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-07-02· cited 41×
• Keener v. Convergys Corporation
  Eleventh Circuit· 2003-08-21· cited 33×
• Krista Jackson v. Cintas Corporation
  Eleventh Circuit· 2005-09-21· cited 29×
• Crowell v. Williams
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-06-15· cited 18×
• Eastern Air Lines, Inc. v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. (In Re Ionosphere Clubs, Inc.)
  S.D. New York· 2001-05-10· cited 14×
• Holland Insurance Group, LLC v. Senior Life Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-11-20· cited 14×
• Ryanne Early v. Mimedx Group, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-02-18· cited 10×
• Cmgrp, Inc. v. Maggie Gallant
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-10-04· cited 10×
• CS-Lakeview at Gwinnett, Inc. v. Simon Property Group, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-02-22· cited 9×
• Allied Informatics, Inc. v. Yeruva
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-08-28· cited 7×
• Trickett v. Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc.
  S.D. Georgia· 2008-02-21· cited 7×
• Palmer & Cay of Georgia, Inc. v. Lockton Companies, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-10-03· cited 6×
• HA&W Capital Partners, LLC v. Bhandari
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-06-27· cited 6×
• Branch Banking & Trust Co. v. Lichty Bros. Construction
  Eleventh Circuit· 2012-08-30· cited 5×
• Keener v. Convergys Corp.
  S.D. Georgia· 2002-02-20· cited 4×
• Salim Merchant I v. Ultra Group of Companies, Inc. (In re Al-Karim, Inc.)
  N.D. Georgia· 2015-04-08· cited 2×
• Holland Insurance Group, LLC v. Senior Life Insurance Company
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-11-20
• Ha&w Capital Partners, LLC v. Niraj Nicholas Bhandari
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-06-27

Cites

28 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Howard Schultz & Associates of Southeast, Inc. v. Broniec
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-06-08· cited 128×
• W. R. Grace & Co. v. Mouyal
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-10-21· cited 122×
• National Consultants, Inc. v. Burt
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-02-08· cited 53×
• Rollins Protective Services Co. v. Palermo
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-02-23· cited 48×
• Aflac, Inc. v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-06-27· cited 46×
• Horne v. Drachman
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-07-14· cited 41×
• Wehunt v. ITT Business Communications Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-06-19· cited 26×
• Carlton v. Moultrie Banking Co.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1930-02-22· cited 25×
• Oasis Goodtime Emporium I, Inc. v. Cambridge Capital Group, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-10-06· cited 24×
• King Industrial Realty, Inc. v. Rich
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-02-14· cited 24×
• Chaichimansour v. Pets Are People Too, No. 2, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-03-20· cited 22×
• Sunstates Refrigerated Services, Inc. v. Griffin
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-08-23· cited 21×
• Johnstone v. Tom's Amusement Co., Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-08-05· cited 17×
• State Highway Department v. Hall Paving Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1972-10-31· cited 17×
• Thorne v. Lee Timber Products, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-04-08· cited 17×
• Apac-Georgia, Inc. v. Department of Transportation
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-05-13· cited 16×
• Kuehn v. Selton & Associates, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-03-09· cited 15×
• Club Properties, Inc. v. Atlanta Offices-Perimeter, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-09-18· cited 14×
• Miazza v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1935-02-08· cited 14×
• Grove v. Sugar Hill Investment Associates, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-12-20· cited 13×