Evans Laboratories, Inc. v. Melder

The court’s reluctance to uphold a contract having negative covenants with reference to future employment has led it up a one-way blind alley from which it cannot see the basic purpose for these covenants and the legitimate right of an employer to protect himself against unfair competition. By so doing, employers are deprived of their right to contract to protect themselves from business piracy. I feel so strongly that it is high time this court reexamine the posture it has taken in these cases, that I am compelled to voice those feelings, even though time will not permit elaboration to the…