Muscatello v. California Tan, Inc.
While the contract clearly provides that, during its period, Muscatello can only be terminated for cause, and further provides that the contract automatically renews for successive one-year periods if neither party gives notice of termination, it does not require cause for a partys decision to give notice of non-renewal. And if Muscatellos interpretation of the contract were accepted, it would actually nullify the renewal-for-successive-periods structure of the agreement. If, as Muscatello claims, non-renewal required the same cause requirement as would a termination during a contractual period, the contract would simply be indistinguishable from one with an indefinite period. We cannot interpret it that way. The judgment is consequently affirmed.
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