United States Third Circuit

In a dispute centering on a whether a covenant not to compete between an employer and former employee is unreasonable, a decision dismissing the employer's claims is vacated and remanded as: 1) the appellate jurisdiction existed in the case; and 2) because the reasonableness of the covenant not to compete is a fact-intensive inquiry, it should not have been determined on the pleadings.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/11/2007
• Decided 08/23/2007
• Published 08/23/2007

Judges

• Before:  RENDELL, AMBRO and NYGAARD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Oldrich Foucek, III, Esquire (Argued), Kelly M. Smith, Esquire, Tallman, Hudders & Sorrentino, Allentown, PA, Counsel for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stephen G. Harvey, Esquire, Cara M. Kearney, Esquire, Pepper Hamilton, Philadelphia, PA; Edward L. Friedman, Esquire (Argued), Scott K. Davidson, Esquire, Christopher Dove, Esquire, Locke, Liddell & Sapp, Houston, TX, Counsel for Appellees.