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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