MOTORSPORTS OF CONYERS, LLC v. BURBACH

317 Ga. 206

FINAL COPY S22G0854. MOTORSPORTS OF CONYERS, LLC et al. v. BURBACH. PINSON, Justice. When contracting parties choose the law of a jurisdiction other than Georgia to govern their contractual relations, Georgia courts generally honor that choice unless applying the foreign law would violate the public policy of our State. See OCGA § 1-3-9. Under this public-policy exception, our courts have for many years declined to apply foreign law to determine whether to enforce restrictive covenants—in particular, agreements not to engage in the same type of business in the same market for a…