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092061P.pdf   08/11/2010  Mayer Hoffman McCann, P.C.  v.  Thomas Barton
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  09-2061
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Gruender, Circuit Judge, and
   Jarvey, District Judge]
   Civil case - contracts. Enforcement of the restrictive covenants in
   defendants' employment contracts was not contrary to Missouri law as
   the covenants were supported by consideration, were within the class of
   contracts where such covenants are permitted, were necessary to prevent
   injury to a protectable interest and were reasonable in scope; award of
   $1.36 million in liquidated damages affirmed.