Opinion
S22C0854
12-20-2022
MOTORSPORTS OF CONYERS, LLC et al. v. EDMUND BURBACH
The Honorable Supreme Court met pursuant to adjournment. The following order was passed:
Court of Appeals Case No. A21A1420
The Supreme Court today granted the writ of certiorari in this case as case No. S22G0854 .
This case will be assigned to the April 2023 oral argument calendar automatically under Supreme Court Rule 50 (1) (a). Oral argument is mandatory in granted certiorari cases.
This Court is particularly concerned with the following issue or issues:
If an employment contract designates the law of a foreign jurisdiction as the substantive law governing the contract, does a Georgia court properly decline to apply the foreign law to a restrictive covenant whenever the covenant would be enforceable under foreign law but not under Georgia law, and if not, what showing is required before the court may decline to apply the foreign law? Consider, e.g., Auld v. Forbes, 309 Ga. 893 (848 S.E.2d 876) (2020); CS-Lakeview at Gwinnett, Inc. v. Simon Prop. Grp., Inc., 283 Ga. 426 (659 S.E.2d 359) (2008); Convergys Corp. v. Keener, 276 Ga. 808 (582 S.E.2d 84) (2003).
Briefs should be submitted only on these points. See Supreme Court Rule 45.
All the Justices concur.