New York Court of Appeals

Clark Paper and Manufacturing Company, Respondent v. Edward D. Stenacher, Appellant

July 13, 1923236 N.Y. 312

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals reversed the lower court's injunction that barred the former employee from working for a competitor for eight years. It held that the alleged employment agreement was indefinite and therefore void as an unreasonable restraint of trade, and that no trade secrets existed to justify equitable relief. Consequently the complaint was dismissed.