DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC. v. SANDVICK

No. 82-1826.

732 F.2d 783 (1984)

DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Duane J. SANDVICK, Gary T. Petty, Steve Goodall, Petro-Chem, Inc., and Joe Don Eide, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 20, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcus L. Squarrell, Denver, Colo. (Marcus W. Sisk, Jr. and Paul F. Hultin, Denver, Colo., with him on the briefs) of Sisk, Foley, Hultin & Driver, Denver, Colo., for plaintiff-appellant.

Jane Michaels, Denver, Colo. (James J. Dufficy, Denver, Colo., with her on the brief) of Holland & Hart, Denver, Colo., for defendants-appellees.

Before BARRETT and LOGAN, Circuit Judges, and BOHANON, District Judge.


LOGAN, Circuit Judge.

In this diversity case plaintiff, Dresser Industries, Inc., seeks to enforce covenants not to compete against former employees Duane J. Sandvick, Gary T. Petty, and Joe Don Eide and against the company that hired them, Petro-Chem, Inc. (Steve Goodall, the Petro-Chem employee who hired Sandvick, Petty, and Eide, is also named as a defendant.) Finding that application of the proper state law would invalidate the covenants, the court denied Dresser...

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