Legal Opinion
Rector-Phillips-Morse, Inc. v. Vroman
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided January 15, 1973No. 5-6136PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
George Rose Smith, Justice.
The appellant, referred to by the parties as RPM, brought this suit to enjoin George Richard Vroman, a former RPM employee, from competing with RPM in Pulaski county for a period of three years after the termination of Vroman’s employment with RPM. This appeal is from a decree denying relief, upon the ground that Vroman’s employment involved no trade secrets and that the three-year restriction was unreasonably long.
Vroman, a real estate salesman, had been in RPM’s employ for a few years when the contract in issue was signed on February 1, 1969. RPM then had some 31…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Ehlers v. Iowa Warehouse CompanySupreme Court of Iowa · 1971
- Fullerton Lumber Co. v. TorborgWisconsin Supreme Court · 1955
- Stoddard v. . StoddardNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
- McLeod v. MeyerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1963
- In Re Buffalo & Erie Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1929
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3Cited by58 opinions
- Central Adjustment Bureau, Inc. v. IngramTennessee Supreme Court · 1984
- Ellis v. James v. Hurson Associates, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
- Bendinger v. Marshalltown Trowell Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1999
- Bayly, Martin & Fay, Inc. v. PickardSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1989
- Duffner v. AlbertyCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1986
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