E. D. Lacey Mills, Inc. v. Keith

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that a corporate officer “is not ... entitled to solicit customers for a rival business before the end of his employment nor can he properly do other similar acts in direct competition with the employer’s business.”
• following termination, terminable-at-will employee who performed services under an employment contract may recover from employer compensation — including commissions — due for services rendered
• noting also that an employee breaches no fiduciary duty to an employer simply by making plans to enter a competing business while he is still employed
• observing that even an at-will employee who could not otherwise sue for breach of contract based on his or her termination “may sue on an oral contract ... for the amount of compensation due him, based upon services actually performed by him”
• employee owned five percent of the stock of the company with an option to purchase more
• when the employee has actually performed services under a contract terminable at will, he may recover from the employer the compensation due him for the services rendered

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

50 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Delong Equipment Company v. Washington Mills Abrasive Company
  Eleventh Circuit· 1989-11-13· cited 140×
• Dumas v. Auto Club Ins. Ass'n
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1991-08-02· cited 138×
• Fowler v. Printers II, Inc.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1991-12-03· cited 82×
• Allied Supply Co., Inc. v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1991-08-09· cited 72×
• Douglas J. Livernois v. Medical Disposables, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1988-02-17· cited 58×
• Arby's, Inc. v. Cooper
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-03-13· cited 35×
• Tom's Amusement Co. v. Total Vending Services
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-03-30· cited 32×
• Physician Specialists in Anesthesia, P.C. v. MacNeill
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-09-13· cited 31×
• American Buildings Co. v. Pascoe Building Systems, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1990-07-05· cited 31×
• White v. Shamrock Building Systems, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-10-09· cited 29×
• Physician Specialists in Anesthesia, P.C. v. Wildmon
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-06-28· cited 28×
• Biven Software, Inc. v. Newman
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-06-17· cited 26×
• Moore v. Barge
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-10-14· cited 22×
• Nilan's Alley, Inc. v. Ginsburg
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-03-10· cited 21×
• CHRISTOPHER SHELNUTT v. THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF SAVANNAH
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-06-22· cited 19×
• Contractors' Building Supply, Inc. v. Gwinnett Sash & Door, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-02-26· cited 17×
• Gantt v. Patient Communications Systems, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-06-11· cited 17×
• Hilb, Rogal & Hamilton Co. of Atlanta, Inc. v. Holley
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-12-02· cited 16×
• Servicetrends, Inc. v. Siemens Medical Systems, Inc.
  N.D. Georgia· 1994-03-21· cited 16×
• Kitfield v. Henderson, Black & Greene
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-02-26· cited 15×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Architectural Manufacturing Co. v. Airotec, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1969-02-04· cited 37×
• Benefield v. Malone
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1964-11-10· cited 31×
• Brazzeal v. Commercial Casualty Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1935-07-02· cited 24×
• Rhine v. Sanders
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1959-07-14· cited 22×
• Nager v. Lad 'N Dad Slacks
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1978-11-22· cited 20×
• Spindel v. National Homes Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1964-06-26· cited 18×
• Lowe v. Royal Crown Cola Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1974-05-30· cited 16×
• Hirsch's v. Adams
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1968-06-06· cited 15×
• Phillips & Co. v. Hudson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1911-09-30· cited 15×
• Walker v. General Motors Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1979-11-26· cited 14×
• Dale's Shoe Store, Inc. v. Dale
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1961-09-12· cited 10×
• Nash v. Crowe
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1966-05-26· cited 6×
• Hans Godo Frabel, Inc. v. Brennan's of Atlanta, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1979-09-04· cited 6×
• Thomason v. Pease Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1933-10-28· cited 4×