Milwaukee Linen Supply Co. v. Ring

The contract in suit is one in restraint of trade which is tersely defined as one whose “performance would limit competition in any business or restrict a prom-isor in the exercise of a gainful occupation.” Such a contract “is illegal if the restraint is unreasonable,” and such a contract “is unreasonable . . .if. . . it (a) is greater than is required for the protection of the person for whose benefit the restraint is imposed, or (b) imposes undue hardship upon the person restricted.” Restatement of the Law of Contracts, secs. 513, 514, 515. It will be observed that the findings of the…