St. Johns Investment Management Co. v. Albaneze

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that language in contract showed that parties intended non-compete provision to survive employee’s post-term employment
• refusing to read into provision of contract language that was included elsewhere in contract stating that “[t]he parties used different language because they intended a different result.”
• reversing denial of motion for temporary injunction where trial court’s construction of contract conflicted with its plain meaning and thus, holding it was error for the trial court to find that appellant failed to demonstrate a substantial likelihood of success on the merits
• party seeking a temporary injunction bears the burden of providing substantial, competent evidence on each element
• “[W]henever possible, contracts must be construed according to their plain language.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).