Yehuda Steiner v. American Friends of Lubavitch (Chaabad)

Beckwith, Associate Judge:

This case raises the question whether a noncompete and noninterference clause in a religious minister’s employment, contract may be enforced -by a preliminary , injunction after the employment is terminated. Appellant- Rabbi Yehuda Steiner was hired by American Friends of Lubavitch (AFL), a nonprofit affiliated with “the Chabad-Lubavitch movement,” to run AFL’s.cam-pus outreach at George Washington University (GW). The noncompete and noninterference clauses at issue in this case appear in an employment contract Rabbi Steiner signed — on behalf of himself and his…