Shakey's Incorporated v. Martin

How courts have described this case

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• \courts must be guided by the overriding public interest in the preservation of the freedom of contract\
• no one would risk the purchase of a business without the protection of an enforceable covenant not to compete
• no one would risk the purchase of a business without the protection of an enforceable covenant not to compete
• “courts must be guided by the overriding public interest in the preservation of the freedom of contract”
• leave to amend should be denied if “no amendment would allow the complaint to withstand dismissal as a matter of law.”
• protection of restaurant franchisor's financial interest in the overall business style, including such things as a type of furniture, a certain physical setup, an exposed cooking area, a type of music and a limited menu

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).