SWENSON v. FILE

Docket No. L.A. 29774.

3 Cal.3d 389 (1970)

475 P.2d 852

90 Cal. Rptr. 580

ROBERT J. SWENSON et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. JAMES S. FILE, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

October 29, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and John L. Endicott for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen and Richard Murray as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Robert M. Fisk, Richards, Watson & Hemmerling and Glenn R. Watson for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

BURKE, J.

Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment in defendant's favor in an action for damages for breach of a covenant not to compete. We have concluded that defendant did not breach the covenant, at least to the extent it is legally enforceable, and that the trial court's judgment should be affirmed.

Plaintiffs and defendants were partners in an accounting firm transacting business from offices in Pasadena and Azusa,...

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