POYNTER INVS. v. CENTURY BUILDERS

No. 26821.

387 S.C. 583 (2010)

694 S.E.2d 15

POYNTER INVESTMENTS, INC., Donald J. Poynter, and Sharon K. Poynter, Respondents, v. CENTURY BUILDERS OF PIEDMONT, INC., and Clyde W. Rector, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided May 24, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Randle Moody, II and Joseph O. Smith, both of Roe, Cassidy, Coates & Price, of Greenville, for Appellants.

Cecil H. Nelson, Jr. and J. Nathan Galbreath, both of Nelson, Galbreath Law Firm, of Greenville, for Respondents.


Justice PLEICONES.

This is an appeal from an order granting a preliminary injunction to enforce a non-competition agreement, but modifying the territorial restriction in that agreement. Appellants contend the trial court did not properly balance the equities in deciding to grant the injunction. We hold that a balancing of equities is not a separate component in the preliminary injunction analysis. Appellants also contend the trial court erred in "blue penciling" the...

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