Hood v. Legg

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that in assessing whether restrictive covenants are reasonable and thus enforceable, “what is meant by the word ‘reasonable’” is “whether the contract unduly burdens the public interest,” and so “public policy is the test”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Marsh USA Inc. v. Cook
  Texas Supreme Court· 2011-12-16· cited 159×
• Howard Schultz & Associates of Southeast, Inc. v. Broniec
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-06-08· cited 128×
• Palmer v. Chamberlin
  Fifth Circuit· 1951-09-12· cited 121×
• Richard P. Rita Personnel Services International, Inc. v. Kot
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1972-06-28· cited 84×
• ELDRIDGE v. Johnston
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1952-05-28· cited 75×
• Palmer & Cay, Inc. v. Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2005-04-01· cited 73×
• Jenkins v. Jenkins Irrigation, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-09-05· cited 54×
• Gulf Refining Co. v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1927-09-19· cited 43×
• Taylor Freezer Sales Co. v. Sweden Freezer Eastern Corp.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1968-03-07· cited 40×
• Insurance Center, Inc. v. Hamilton
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1963-02-07· cited 34×
• White v. Fletcher/Mayo/Associates, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-06-24· cited 31×
• Budget Rent-A-Car Corporation of America v. Samuel Fein
  Fifth Circuit· 1965-03-05· cited 29×
• McMurray v. Bateman
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1965-09-09· cited 29×
• Parker v. the Lewis Grocery Co.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1963-05-20· cited 28×
• Aladdin, Inc. v. Krasnoff
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1958-10-10· cited 26×
• Annis v. Tomberlin & Shelnutt Associates, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-03-05· cited 24×
• Preferred Risk Mutual Insurance v. Jones
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-01-07· cited 24×
• Weaver v. Ritchie
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1996-10-16· cited 22×
• Redmond v. Royal Ford, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-10-23· cited 20×
• Sires v. Luke
  S.D. Georgia· 1982-08-06· cited 20×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Rakestraw v. Lanier
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1898-04-13· cited 104×
• Anchor Electric Co. v. Hawkes
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1898-05-18· cited 39×
• Tarr v. Stearman
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1914-06-16· cited 37×
• Cowan v. . Fairbrother
  Supreme Court of North Carolina· 1896-02-05· cited 36×
• Trenton Potteries Co. v. Oliphant
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1899-07-07· cited 35×
• Smith v. DuBose
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1887-06-13· cited 32×
• Wiley v. Baumgardner
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1884-05-08· cited 32×
• McAuliffe v. Vaughan
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1911-02-18· cited 23×
• Kinney v. Scarbrough Co.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1912-04-11· cited 22×
• Swigert & Howard v. Tilden
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1903-10-31· cited 21×
• Hall Mfg. Co. v. Western Steel & Iron Works
  Seventh Circuit· 1915-10-05· cited 21×
• Legg v. Hood
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1922-08-16· cited 18×
• Morris-Forrester Oil Co. v. Taylor
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1924-04-29· cited 15×
• Pierce v. Randolph
  Texas Supreme Court· 1854-07-01· cited 9×
• Rosenbaum v. United States Credit System Co.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1901-01-25· cited 7×
• Metropolitan Stock Exchange v. Lyndonville National Bank
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1904-02-29· cited 6×
• Everett v. Boone
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1924-01-19· cited 5×