Engel v. Ernst

How courts have described this case

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

• parties may not act “for the purpose of evading the law of the real situs of the contract.”
• simile, but payment of average annual billings to client over three years
• provision requiring withdrawing partner in accounting firm to compensate firm if providing services to former clients protected legitimate business interest and was protective mechanism; professional practices must be allowed to protect the “ ‘fruits of their labor’ ”
• average of firm’s annual fees over three years preceding partner’s withdrawal

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).