Legal Opinion
Tippecanoe Associates II, LLC v. Kimco Lafayette 671, Inc.
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided June 23, 2005No. 79S05-0506-CV-289PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOEHM, Justice.
We hold that a covenant given by a shopping center to a tenant prohibiting the center from leasing to competitors of the tenant is generally enforceable. However, *513once the tenant or its successor voluntarily relinquishes the original. use of the site, the anticompetitive covenant is severed from the occupancy and no longer enforceable to give the tenant or an assignee the right to restrict competition for a location outside the center.
Facts & Procedural History
In 19783, SES Development Company leased one of the stores in its Sagamore shopping center to Kroger Company for an…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Whitinsville Plaza, Inc. v. KotseasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Walgreen Company v. Sara Creek Property Company, B v. A/K/A Sara Creek Beta, and Phar-Mor CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- United States v. Visa U.S.A., Inc., Visa International Corp., and Mastercard International, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003
- Norwood Shopping Center, Inc. v. MKR CORPORATIONDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1961
- Parker v. the Lewis Grocery Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1963
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. v. Dolgencorp, LLCCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2014
- Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois v. Vincennes Indiana Girls, Inc.Indiana Supreme Court · 2013
- Lewis-Levett v. DayIndiana Court of Appeals · 2007
- Tippecanoe Associates II, LLC v. Kimco Lafayette 671, Inc.Indiana Supreme Court · 2005
- Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. v. Dolgencorp, LLCCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2014