Freiburger v. J-U-B Engineers, Inc.

TROUT, Justice.

Stephen Freiburger brought this declaratory judgment action against J-U-B Engineers, Inc. (J-U-B), seeking a judicial declaration that J-U-B’s non-complete clause in his employment contract was invalid and unenforceable under- Idaho law. The district court granted summary judgment to Freiburger, from which J-U-B now appeals. Because we agree with the trial court that the clause is unreasonable and greater than necessary to protect J-U-B’s legitimate business interests, we affirm.

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In December 1991, J-U-B hired Stephen Freiburger and, as part of…