Legal Opinion
Iowa Glass Depot, Inc. v. Jindrich
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided September 21, 1983No. 69247PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHULTZ, Justice.
This appeal presents issues concerning the enforceability of a covenant not to compete contained in an employment contract. At trial the district court denied the employer, Iowa Glass Depot, Inc., (Glass) the injunction it sought against its ex-employee, Robert Jindrich. We affirm.
Glass has been in the business of selling and installing automobile glass for more than 50 years. It has twelve retail outlets, including an Iowa City store that has been in operation since 1969.
In 1970 Jindrich, a high school student, began working part-time for Glass in its Iowa City outlet. After…
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