Legal Opinion
Byram v. Vaughn
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 16, 1946No. Civ. 37465PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLTZOFF, Associate Justice.
This a motion for a preliminary injunction in an action brought by an employer to restrain a former employee from violating a negative covenant contained in the employment contract, by which the employee agreed not to solicit patronage from the employer’s customers for one year after the termination of the employment.
On September 21, 1940, the plaintiff, Ira T. Byram, Jr., who was engaged in the business of leasing and renting automatic music machines and, coin-operated machines of other types, hired the defendant, Vernon M. Vaughn, as a collector on a commission…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- United States v. Addyston Pipe & Steel Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1898
- Sherman v. PfefferkornMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Economy Grocery Stores Corp. v. McMenamyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Victor Chemical Works v. IliffIllinois Supreme Court · 1921
- Bellavance v. Plastic-Craft Novelty Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1939
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Stainback v. Mo Hock Ke Lok PoSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Ellis v. James v. Hurson Associates, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
- Deutsch v. BarskyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2002
- William Whitman Co. v. Universal Oil Products Co.District Court, D. Delaware · 1954
- Deck & Decker Personnel Consultants, Ltd. v. PiggMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
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