Cascade Exchange, Inc. v. Reed

These are suits in equity to enforce "noncompetition” provisions of employment agreements between plaintiff and defendants, who had been employed by plaintiff as "dispatchers” or "brokers” in plaintiffs truck brokerage business in Redmond. Defendants appeal from a decree enjoining them from engaging in that business in Oregon for two years. We affirm.

The primary question presented for decision is whether plaintiff, as an employer, had such a "protectible interest” as to entitle it, under the facts of this case, to the enforcement of such contracts. At the outset, however, it is important to…