Legal Opinion

Tradesmen International, Incor v. John Black

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided August 1, 2013No. 11-3715, 12-2032PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TINDER, Circuit Judge.

John Black, Todd Walker, Ryan Ellis, and Ryan Boyer all held upper-level management positions at Tradesmen International, Inc., a construction staffing company, when they first began to discuss forming their own competing company in August 2009. Over the course of twelve years at Tradesmen, Ellis had risen from an entry-level field representative position to become the Area Manager of the Ohio Valley; Black, Walker, and Boyer had risen from entry-level field representative positions to become the General Managers of three Tradesmen Indiana field offices over the course…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Swint v. Chambers County CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  2. Raimonde v. Van VlerahOhio Supreme Court · 1975
  3. Basf Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Old World Trading Company, Incorporated, Defendant-Appellee/cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
  4. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company v. Ronald Pribyl, James Harvey, Thomas Skrtic, and Accu-Tech Plastics, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
  5. Carl E. Thomas v. Guardsmark, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004

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3Cited by24 opinions

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  3. Asher Hill v. Jerry SnyderCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2016
  4. Rivera v. GuptaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2016
  5. Fugate v. Dolgencorp, LLCCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2014

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