Lifetec, Inc. v. Edwards

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that customer information is non-protecta-ble where it “is known by others in the trade”
• a legitimate business interest is found only where one of the two prongs is satisfied
• a protectable interest is found “only” where the employee acquired the employer’s confidential information or where the employer’s customer relationships are nearly permanent

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Brown and Brown, Inc. v. Mudron
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-03-11· cited 39×
• Clinton Landfill, Inc. v. Mahomet Valley Water Authority
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2010-12-23· cited 36×
• SKF USA, INC. v. Bjerkness
  N.D. Illinois· 2009-04-24· cited 33×
• Fifield v. Premier Dealer Services, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2013-06-24· cited 23×
• Guns Save Life, Inc. v. Raoul
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2020-06-05· cited 22×
• ATC Healthcare Services, Inc. v. RCM Technologies, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 2016-06-28· cited 22×
• Pampered Chef v. Alexanian
  N.D. Illinois· 2011-07-14· cited 21×
• Engle v. Foley and Lardner, LLP
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2009-07-10· cited 17×
• Sunbelt Rentals, Inc. v. Ehlers
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2009-09-23· cited 11×
• Scheffel Financial Services, Inc. v. Heil
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2014-09-29· cited 9×
• Empire Indus. Inc. v. Winslyn Indus., LLC
  E.D. Illinois· 2018-06-21· cited 9×
• Reliable Fire Equipment Co. v. Arredondo
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2010-12-03· cited 7×
• Steam Sales Corp. v. Summers
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2010-10-04· cited 6×
• Steam Sales Corporation v. Summers
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2010-10-04

Cites

29 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Hilton v. Braunskill
  Supreme Court· 1987-05-26· cited 1,809×
• Mohanty v. St. John Heart Clinic, S.C.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2006-12-21· cited 204×
• Buzz Barton & Associates, Inc. v. Giannone
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1985-10-03· cited 144×
• Bauer v. Sawyer
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1956-03-22· cited 102×
• Canfield v. Spear
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1969-09-26· cited 96×
• Cockerill v. Wilson
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1972-03-30· cited 74×
• Postma v. Jack Brown Buick, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1993-11-18· cited 73×
• Hursen v. Gavin
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1896-03-28· cited 58×
• Office Mates 5, North Shore, Inc. v. Hazen
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-08-03· cited 44×
• Springfield Rare Coin Galleries, Inc. v. Mileham
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1993-09-09· cited 39×
• Ryan v. Hamilton
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1903-10-26· cited 38×
• U-Haul Co. of Central Illinois v. Hindahl
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-11-21· cited 35×
• Hess Newmark Owens Wolf, Inc. v. Doris Owens and Owens Group, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2005-07-11· cited 33×
• Label Printers v. Pflug
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-01-15· cited 29×
• Gold v. Ziff Communications Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1989-09-26· cited 28×
• Abel v. Fox
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1995-08-17· cited 26×
• Nationwide Advertising Service, Inc. v. Kolar
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1975-05-01· cited 25×
• Weitekamp v. Lane
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1993-09-09· cited 25×
• Lyle R. Jager Agency, Inc. v. Steward
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1993-12-09· cited 23×
• Nationwide Advertising Service, Inc. v. Kolar
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1973-09-20· cited 21×