IN RE AUTONATION, INC.

No. 05-0311.

228 S.W.3d 663 (2007)

In re AUTONATION, INC. and Auto M. Imports North, Ltd., d/b/a Mercedes-Benz of Houston-North, Relators.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided June 29, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruth Ann Norton Daniels, Jonni Lynn Walls, Amanda Maxine Inabnett, Gibson McClure Wallace & Daniels, L.L.P., Charles T. Frazier Jr., Cowles & Thompson, P.C., Dallas, for Relators.

Andrew S. Golub, Amy Elizabeth Hawk, J.W. Beverly, Dow, Golub, Berg & Beverly, LLP, Geoffrey Alan Berg, Houston, Craig T. Enoch, Winstead Sechrest & Minick, P.C., Austin, for Real Party in Interest.


Justice WILLETT delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice JEFFERSON, Justice HECHT, Justice WAINWRIGHT, Justice BRISTER, Justice MEDINA, Justice GREEN, and Justice JOHNSON joined.

Relator AutoNation, Inc. sued Garrick Hatfield in Florida to enforce a covenant not to compete. In the employment contract containing the covenant, AutoNation and Hatfield had agreed to litigate any disputes arising under the contract in Florida under Florida law. Hatfield...

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