Legal Opinion
Ruhl v. F. A. Bartlett Tree Expert Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided January 5, 1967No. [No. 388, September Term, 1966.]PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtOppenheimer, J.
The question presented is the validity of a restrictive covenant in an employment contract between a company engaged in the business of tree care and one of its area managers, under which the employee agreed not to compete with his employer for a period of two years after the termination of his employment within the area of five Eastern Shore counties and a contiguous county in Delaware, the territory in which the employee worked for the company. The company’s suit for damages and injunctive relief was tried before Chief Judge Carter in the Circuit Court for Talbot County.
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2Cases cited13 opinions
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- New England Tree Expert Co. v. RussellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Tawney v. Mutual System of Maryland, Inc.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1946
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