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{
"title": "US Non-Compete Clause Enforceability — Verified Court Holdings",
"publisher": "Cedarstone Ventures LLC",
"homepage": "https://clausedelta.com",
"methodology": "https://clausedelta.com/methodology.html",
"license": "CC-BY-4.0",
"snapshot_date": "2026-07-05T00:00:00",
"n_holdings": 76,
"n_stat... | [
{
"state": "AL",
"state_name": "Alabama",
"clause_family": "non_compete",
"outcome": "struck",
"outcome_label": "Struck / unenforceable",
"court": "Supreme Court of Alabama",
"citation": "9 So. 3d 1235",
"decided_at": null,
"source_url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/164... |
US Non-Compete Clause Enforceability - Verified Court Holdings
A primary-source-cited dataset of how U.S. courts have actually ruled on employee non-compete (restrictive-covenant) clauses - each outcome quoted verbatim from, and linked to, the source opinion. 76 verified holdings across 30 U.S. states (snapshot 2026-07-05).
Published by Cedarstone Ventures LLC, maker of ClauseDelta. The live, continuously-updated version - with a free clause checker covering all 51 U.S. jurisdictions - is at clausedelta.com. Methodology: clausedelta.com/methodology.html.
Source and method
Holdings are extracted from published U.S. court opinions (via CourtListener / the Free Law Project; public domain) behind a deterministic provenance gate: the quoted clause language and the court's disposition must be exact substrings of the source opinion before a holding is marked verified. Enforceability context for all 51 jurisdictions draws on the Bishara/Johnson NCA Enforceability Index.
Files
non_compete_enforceability_holdings.csv/.json- the 76 holdings (state, outcome, verbatim holding text, citation, source URL, decided date, confidence band).data_dictionary.md- field definitions.
Use and citation
CC-BY-4.0. Informational only - not legal advice. Please cite ClauseDelta (https://clausedelta.com) and the underlying court opinions.
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