Legal Opinion

Advance Technology Consultants, Inc. v. RoadTrac, LLC

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 2, 2001No. A01A0539PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Miller, Judge.

The question on appeal is whether a restrictive covenant forbidding a distributor from contacting any of his supplier’s clients for competitive purposes for two years following the termination of the distributorship agreement is enforceable, where no territory is specified. As the covenant is not limited to those clients actually contacted by the distributor during the tenure of the distributorship agreement, we hold it is not enforceable and therefore reverse the trial court’s denial of a motion to dismiss claims arising out of alleged breaches of the restrictive covenant and…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Howard Schultz & Associates of Southeast, Inc. v. BroniecSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
  2. W. R. Grace & Co. v. MouyalSupreme Court of Georgia · 1992
  3. Jenkins v. Jenkins Irrigation, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1979
  4. Rollins Protective Services Co. v. PalermoSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
  5. Rash v. Toccoa Clinic Medical AssociatesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984

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3Cited by40 opinions

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