Court of Appeals of Arizona· 7/3/1986

Amex Distributing Co., Inc. v. Mascari

Citations

724 P.2d 596
150 Ariz. 510
1986 Ariz. App. LEXIS 549

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noting an agreement prohibiting terminated employee from doing business with former employer’s customers for “some duration” under three years would have been justifiable
noting employer-employee restrictive covenants are disfavored and strictly construed against the employer
accommodating right to work, right to contract, and public’s right to competition
courts more lenient in enforcing restrictive covenants connected to sale of business because of need to effectively transfer goodwill
“If the selling or servicing relationship is 11 relatively complex . . . Courts seldom criticize restraints of six months or a year.”
noncompetition covenant overbroad because covenantee had no legitimate interest in denying covenantor right to compete with customer covenantee had not serviced for three years

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Judges: Richard M. Davis

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