CONSULTANTS & DESIGNERS v. BUTLER SERVICE GROUP

Nos. 82-7151, 82-7179.

720 F.2d 1553 (1983)

CONSULTANTS & DESIGNERS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, Cross-Appellees, v. BUTLER SERVICE GROUP, INC., a corporation, Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant. CONSULTANTS & DESIGNERS, INC., etc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. BUTLER SERVICE GROUP, INC., a corporation, Defendant-Appellant. BUTLER SERVICE GROUP, INC., a corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CONSULTANTS & DESIGNERS, INC., etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 16, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville, William G. Somerville, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., Kelley, Drye & Warren, Robert Ehrenbard, Sarah L. Reid, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellants, cross-appellees in No. 82-7151.

Berkowitz, Lefkovits & Patrick, Michael L. Edwards, Susan Salonimer, Birmingham, Ala., for defendant-appellee, cross-appellant in No. 82-7151.

Michael L. Edwards, Birmingham, Ala., for defendant-appellant in No. 82-7179.

William G. Somerville, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., Kelley, Drye & Warren, Sarah L. Reid, Robert Ehrenbard, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellees in No. 82-7179.

Before TJOFLAT and VANCE, Circuit Judges, and MORGAN, Senior Circuit Judge.


TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

In these consolidated appeals we must decide whether a restrictive covenant in a contract of employment is enforceable under state law, and whether its attempted enforcement constituted a violation of sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act.1 We find that the restrictive covenant is enforceable and not a violation of section 1 of the Sherman Act; we do not address the substance...

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