# Muggill v. Reuben H. Donnelley Corp.

> California Supreme Court · January 19, 1965 · 62 Cal. 2d 239

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9549129

## Case

- **Full name:** MICHAEL B. MUGGILL, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. THE REUBEN H. DONNELLEY CORPORATION, Defendant and Respondent
- **Court:** California Supreme Court
- **Decided:** January 19, 1965
- **Citations:** 62 Cal. 2d 239; 42 Cal. Rptr. 107; 398 P.2d 147; 18 A.L.R. 3d 1241; 1965 Cal. LEXIS 245
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by McCOMB
- **Judges:** Traynor, McComb
- **Cited by:** 94 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- finding that section 16600 permits non-compete provisions in employment contracts when “necessary to protect the employer’s trade secrets”
- affirming grant of 18 preliminary injunction based an abuse of discretion standard

## Opinion text

McCOMB, J.
I dissent. I would affirm the judgment for the reasons expressed by Mr. Justice Ashburn in the opinion prepared by him for the District Court of Appeal (Muggill v. Reuben H. Donnelley Corp. (Cal.App.) 39 Cal.Rptr. 753 ).

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