Orkin Exterminating Co., Inc.(Arwell Div.) v. Burnett
Supreme Court of Iowa
1Opinion of the Court
STUART, Justice.
This action was brought in equity to enforce a covenant not to compete contained in an employment contract between the parties. This is the second appeal. In the opinion filed November 15, 1966, 259 Iowa 1218, 146 N.W.2d 320, 327, we followed the language of the covenant and held defendant must be enjoined “from engaging directly or indirectly in the same or similar or competitive line of business as that carried on by the plaintiff-company, or from working for any individual, firm or corporation engaged in such business or similar or competitive line of business, and from in…
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- Orkin Exterminating Company v. BurnettSupreme Court of Iowa · 1966
- Hedrick v. PerryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1939
- Meeker v. StuartDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1960
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