Scobell Inc. v. Schade

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that lost profits are difficult to establish with “mathematical certainty”
• noting that although there was testimony as to Scobell’s bid on a project, the witness “did not know the amount of the bid submitted or whether or not Scobell’s bid was second lowest to Mr. Schade’s bid on behalf of Farrell”
• owner/operator of sheet metal shop bound by terms of non-compete agreement executed as part of sale of his business to another company, of which he became an employee subsequent to sale
• “any breach of contract entitles the injured party at least to nominal damages”
• “any breach of contract entitles the injured party at least to nominal damages”
• “Hence, there can be no competition if [the plaintiff] did not submit a bid, and damages should not be awarded on contracts [the defendant] received [in violation of a non-compete agreement] . . . for which [the plaintiff] did not bid.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).