Cintas Corporation v. Perry

SYKES, Circuit Judge.

Cintas Corporation alleged in this suit that Daniel A. Perry, a former Cintas sales manager, violated non-competition, non-solicitation, and non-disclosure provisions of his employment agreement when he left his job at Cintas to work for a competitor. Cintas requested injunctive relief, damages resulting from Perry’s alleged contract breaches, and restitution. The district court denied preliminary injunctive relief and later granted Perry’s motion for summary judgment. The court held the non-compete clause was overbroad and declined to exercise its discretionary authority…