Springfield Rare Coin Galleries, Inc. v. Mileham
Appellate Court of Illinois
620 N.E.2d 479 (Ill. App. Ct. 1993)
Relevant factsFree
SRCG (plaintiff) required Mileham (defendant) to sign a two-year non-compete before hiring him, fearing he would learn confidential information and return to his father's competing coin business; Mileham's customer contacts were largely developed through publicly available directories and word of mouth rather than confidential company information, and after his termination, SRCG sued to enforce the covenant.
IssueFree
Whether, under employment law, a restrictive covenant is enforceable if the employee has not obtained confidential information from his employment and the employer does not have a near-permanent relationship with its customers.