Controversies and Criticism
Controversies have included patent-infringement lawsuits. The company has been criticized by its employees.
Founder J.R. "Pitt" Hyde, Jr. bought the building involved in Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr's assassination: "AutoZone founder and civil rights benefactor J. R. Pitt 'Hyde' Jr. intends to buy Chappell's building and donate it to the Lorraine Foundation, which operates the museum, said Beverly Robertson, museum executive director."
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