Vela v. Kendall’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
December 2018
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 887 So. 2d 1237 - Florida Power Corp. v. City of Winter Park · Florida Power Corp. v. Town of Belleair · 897 So. 2d 1261 - Town of Belleair v. Florida Power Corp.
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“'not less than five (5) years.' " On appeal, the plaintiffs argued, in relevant part, that the " 'not less than five (5) years' " provision rendered the clause unreasonable because it made the duration indefinite. Id. The appellate court rejected plaintiff's argument and accepted the trial court's finding that the " 'not less than five (5) years' " provision means five years without further comment. Id. Finally, while it did not expressly consider an issue regarding the duration of a restrictive covenant that prohibited a former employee from making deliveries to his employer's clients " 'for a period of no less than two years from the date of termination,' " the District Court of Appeals of Florida referred to the aforementioned restrictive covenant as having a "two-year period of * * * viability.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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