TYSON FOODS, INC. v. CONAGRA, INC.

No. 01-737.

79 S.W.3d 326 (2002)

349 Ark. 469

TYSON FOODS, INC. v. CONAGRA, INC., and ConAgra Poultry Co.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 27, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Conner & Winters, PLLC, by: William B. Putman and Ruth A. Wisener, Fayetteville; and Quattlebaum, Grooms, Tull & Burrow, PLLC, by: Leon Holmes, Little Rock, for appellant.

McGrath, North, Mullin & Kratz, P.C., by: Leo A. Knowles and Patrick E. Brookhouser, Jr., Omaha, NE, and Cypert, Crouch, Clark & Harwell, by: James E. Crouch, Springdale, for appellee Con Agra, Inc.

Everett Law Firm, by: John C. Everett and Jason H. Wales, Fayetteville, for appellee ConAgra Poultry Co.


ROBERT L. BROWN, Justice.

Appellant Tyson Foods, Inc., appeals the granting of a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict in favor of appellees ConAgra, Inc., and ConAgra Poultry Co. (both companies referred to collectively in this opinion as ConAgra). Tyson essentially mounts two arguments in its appeal: (1) that Arkansas law does not invariably require employers to enter into postemployment confidentiality agreements with departing employees for company information...

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