Any contract by which anyone is restrained from exercising a lawful profession, trade, or business of any kind, otherwise than is provided for by 28-2-704 or 28-2-705, is to that extent void.
Mont. Code Ann. § 28-2-703
Contracts in restraint of trade generally void
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Falmouth Ob-Gyn Associates, Inc. v. Abisla (1994)
Most recently applied in Lawson v. Spirit Aerosystems (April 2025)
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Official source: Montana Code Annotated (Montana Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Montana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.