Hebb v. Stump, Harvey & Cook, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that a covenant not to compete must be construed against the drafting party where there is an ambiguity
• discussing Ruhl v. F.A. Bartlett Tree Expert Co., 245 Md. 118, 225 A.2d 288 (1967); MacIntosh v. Brunswick, 241 Md. 24, 215 A.2d 222 (1965)
• restraining covenant’s lack of a specified geographical area not problematic where appellant not prevented generally from doing business but prevented only from doing business with former employer’s clients
• restraining covenant's lack of a specified geographical area not problematic where appellant not prevented generally from doing business but prevented only from doing business with former employer's clients
• covenant forbidding management consultant to solicit or service former clients not unreasonable
• overbroad restrictions are severable from otherwise valid noncompetition agreement

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Fowler v. Printers II, Inc.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1991-12-03· cited 82×
• Philip G. Johnson & Co. v. Salmen
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1982-04-02· cited 69×
• Holloway v. Faw, Casson & Co.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-04-18· cited 61×
• Ellis v. James v. Hurson Associates, Inc.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1989-10-25· cited 48×
• New Haven Tobacco Co. v. Perrelli
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1987-07-28· cited 33×
• Holloway v. Faw, Casson & Co.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1989-02-06· cited 21×
• Labor Ready, Inc. v. Abis
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2001-03-02· cited 18×
• Hughes v. Schaefer
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1982-11-23· cited 11×
• Tabs Associates, Inc. v. Brohawn
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1984-06-07· cited 3×
• Deutsche Post Global Mail, Ltd. v. Conrad
  D. Maryland· 2003-11-14· cited 3×
• M3 USA Corporation v. Qamoum
  District of Columbia· 2021-06-04
• M3 USA Corporation v. Qamoum
  District of Columbia· 2021-06-07

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Slice v. Carozza Properties, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-09-01· cited 113×
• Ray v. Eurice
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1952-12-05· cited 105×
• John Roane, Inc. v. Tweed
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1952-06-12· cited 91×
• Ruhl v. F. A. Bartlett Tree Expert Co.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1967-01-05· cited 46×
• Cadem v. Nanna
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1966-07-21· cited 45×
• Becker v. Bailey
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1973-02-08· cited 40×
• Gill v. Computer Equipment Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1972-06-30· cited 35×
• Monticello v. Monticello
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1974-02-26· cited 34×
• Kelley Construction Co. v. Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1967-06-27· cited 32×
• Tuttle v. Riggs-Warfield-Roloson, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1968-10-08· cited 27×
• MacIntosh v. Brunswick Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1965-12-20· cited 20×
• Joseph F. Hughes & Co. v. Pioneer Fireproof Door Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1962-11-09· cited 10×
• Kimmel, Tr. v. WT Grant Co.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1964-02-05· cited 8×
• Connolley v. Harrison
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1974-11-20· cited 8×
• Lakrest Development Co. v. Eisele
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1970-05-07· cited 6×
• Waters v. Griffith
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1852-12-15· cited 5×
• Lammot v. Brewer
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1953-06-12· cited 3×