Booth v. Newport Television, LLC

In 2007, Newport Television, LLC, purchased from Clear Channel Broadcasting, Inc., the assets and operations of two television stations at which Cyndi Booth was employed. In conjunction with her employment, Booth and Clear Channel had entered into a noncompetition agreement. This case involves a dispute between Newport and Booth as to whether the noncom-petition agreement was assigned to, and thus enforceable by, Newport as part of its purchase of the two stations for which Booth worked. The trial court held that it was and entered a summary judgment for Newport. The Court of Civil Appeals…