Legal Opinion
Mohawk Maintenance Co. v. Kessler
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 19, 1981PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Gabrielli, J.
Defendants appeal by permission of the Appellate Division, First Department, from an order of that court which affirmed, with slight modification, an order of the Supreme Court, New York County, granting partial summary judgment to plaintiff and enjoining defendants indefinitely from soliciting the patronage of defendant Kessler’s former customers. The order appealed from rests upon the premise that defendants have a legal duty to refrain from acting to impair the “good will” which defendant Kessler had transferred to plaintiff in connection with the sale of…
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