Legal Opinion
General Commercial Packaging, Inc. v. TPS Package Engineering, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 4, 1997No. Nos. 95-56336, 96-55060PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1132OPINION
2Per curiam
We decide whether a bargained-for contractual provision barring one party from courting a specific named customer, as opposed to an entire trade or industry or a significant portion of it, violates California’s prohibition against contracts in restraint of trade.
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General Commercial Packaging (General Commercial) provides packing and crating services to businesses in Florida and California. It was hired by its long-standing customer, Walt Disney Companies (Disney), to package materials for transport to the new EuroDisneyland, and sought a subcontractor to help with the work in…
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