1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. N.Y.2d
  4. 13 N.Y.2d
  5. 13 N.Y.2d 267 (1963)
 

PURCHASING ASSOC. v. WEITZ

13 N.Y.2d 267 (1963)

Purchasing Associates, Inc., Respondent, v. Morton Weitz, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant; Albert J. Kaplan, Third-Party Defendant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 30, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay H. Topkis and Martin London for appellant.

Hiram G. Shields, Jack N. Blinkoff and Harold W. Grubart for respondent.

Judges VAN VOORHIS, FOSTER and SCILEPPI concur with Judge FULD; Chief Judge DESMOND dissents in an opinion in which Judges DYE and BURKE concur.

FULD, J.

This appeal, here by our leave, requires us to determine whether the covenant made by the defendant not to compete with the plaintiff is enforcible.

The defendant Morton Weitz was engaged for some years in data processing work in New York City as an employee of Grayson-Robinson Stores, a retail chain. In April of 1961, he and two other men formed a partnership known as Purchasing Associates to...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases