REED, ROBERTS v. STRAUMAN


40 N.Y.2d 303 (1976)

Reed, Roberts Associates, Inc., Appellant-Respondent, v. John J. Strauman et al., Respondents-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 13, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham Kaplan for appellant-respondent.

John J. Palmeri for respondents-appellants.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur.


WACHTLER, J.

These cross appeals involve the efficacy of an employment contract provision barring an employee from either directly or indirectly competing with, or soliciting clients of his former employer. This restrictive covenant is not a proper subject for specific enforcement since the services of the employee were not unique or extraordinary and the employer failed to establish a studied copying of a customer...

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