ON-LINE SYSTEMS, INC. v. STAIB

Nos. 73-1070, 73-1085.

479 F.2d 308 (1973)

ON-LINE SYSTEMS, INC., and Conversational Systems, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Robert B. STAIB et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 31, 1973.

Rehearing Denied June 25, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Davis, Davenport, Iowa, for defendants-appellants.

Ralph D. Sauer, Davenport, Iowa, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before MEHAFFY, BRIGHT, and ROSS, Circuit Judges.


BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Robert B. Staib, an electronics engineer, owned, controlled, and worked for Conversational Systems, Inc. (CSI). In 1970, he contracted to sell the capital stock of CSI to On-Line Systems, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation engaged in the business of selling computer time to industry. A part of that agreement provided that Staib was not to be employed in any business competitive to the business of CSI for a period of three years.

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