Albert E. Cinelli v. American Home Products Corporation

JOHN P. MOORE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment holding that a forfeiture clause in a contract of employment which became operative upon plaintiff’s subsequent employment by defendant’s competitor did not constitute an unreasonable restraint of trade under the Sherman Act. The court also held that defendant’s postemployment revocation of awards to plaintiff did not result in a breach of this contract. We believe the trial court’s analysis was correct, and we affirm.

Plaintiff Albert E. Cinelli was hired by American Home Products (AH) in 1967 to work in the latter’s legal…