Railroad Worker Challenges ‘Overbroad’ Non-Compete Agreement

Tracy Miller left Canadian National Railway after he felt he no longer had an opportunity to move up at the company where he had worked for 24 years. A competitor offered him the very promotion he said he was denied five times.

Canadian National, however, allegedly pushed to enforce a non-compete agreement against Miller that included stripping him of roughly $900,000 in equity shares. Miller then felt compelled to turn down the new job, according to court documents.

Miller is now taking on the company in two ongoing lawsuits. In one case before a federal court in Memphis, Tenn., he ...