Gold Messenger, Inc. v. McGuay

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a noncompete agreement was valid under two statutory exceptions, but not quoting the provision
• \What constitutes a trade secret is a question of fact[.]\
• upholding an injunction enforcing a non-compete covenant against a non-signatory
• “For a covenant not to compete to fit within the trade secret exception to § 8–2–113(2), the purpose of the covenant must be the protection of trade secrets, and the covenant must be reasonably limited in scope to the protection of those trade secrets.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Harvey Barnett, Inc. v. Shidler
  Tenth Circuit· 2003-08-06· cited 74×
• King v. PA Consulting Group, Inc.
  Tenth Circuit· 2007-05-08· cited 43×
• National Propane Corp. v. Miller
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2000-06-22· cited 33×
• Weins v. Sporleder
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1997-09-03· cited 25×
• Ovation Plumbing, Inc. v. Furton
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2001-09-06· cited 25×
• Nutting v. RAM Southwest, Inc.
  D. Colorado· 2000-07-10· cited 21×
• Doubleclick Inc. v. Paikin
  D. Colorado· 2005-12-01· cited 15×
• Reed Mill & Lumber Co., Inc. v. Jensen
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2007-02-15· cited 14×
• Wells Fargo Insurance Services USA, Inc. v. McQuate
  D. Colorado· 2016-08-02· cited 12×
• Harvey Barnett, Inc. v. Shidler
  D. Colorado· 2001-04-16· cited 8×
• Great Am. Opportunities, Inc. v. Kent
  D. Colorado· 2018-10-22· cited 8×
• Energex Enterprises, Inc. v. Anthony Doors, Inc.
  D. Colorado· 2003-03-06· cited 6×
• Act for Health v. Case Management Associates, Inc.
  E.D. Tennessee· 2014-03-17· cited 3×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Rathke v. MacFarlane
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1982-07-19· cited 92×
• Kodekey Electronics, Inc. v. The Mechanex Corporation
  Tenth Circuit· 1973-10-11· cited 38×
• Klipfel v. Neill
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1972-02-15· cited 32×
• Porter Industries, Inc. v. Higgins
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1984-04-05· cited 28×
• McCart v. H & R BLOCK, INC.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1984-11-14· cited 27×
• Management Recruiters of Boulder, Inc. v. Miller
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1988-09-01· cited 26×
• DBA Enterprises, Inc. v. Findlay
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1996-01-25· cited 23×
• Colorado Accounting MacHines, Inc. v. Mergenthaler
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1980-03-27· cited 22×
• LeMaine v. Seals
  Washington Supreme Court· 1955-09-01· cited 20×
• Network Telecommunications, Inc. v. Boor-Crepeau
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1990-03-15· cited 17×
• Dad's Properties, Inc. v. Lucas
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1989-06-30· cited 13×
• Arwell Division of Orkin Exterminating Co. v. Kendrick
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1971-02-23· cited 13×
• Littlehorn v. Stratford
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1982-11-15· cited 12×
• Madison v. LaSene
  Washington Supreme Court· 1954-04-09· cited 11×
• The Day Companies, Inc. v. Claud T. Patat, Jr., John L. Farris and Patat Plywood Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1971-04-16· cited 4×
• Bishop & Co. v. Cuomo
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1990-08-30· cited 3×
• Johnson v. Krueger
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1975-07-08· cited 1×