American Eutectic Welding Alloys Sales Co., Inc. v. Pablo Garcia Rodriguez

Levin H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal from the district court’s refusal to issue a preliminary injunction forbidding defendant, a former employee,

from soliciting orders from the same customers Garcia solicited for plaintiff for selling welding products directly competitive with those he sold for plaintiff, for a period of two years from August 13, 1971, the date of ter mination of Garcia’s employment with plaintiffs.

We reverse, for the reasons set forth below.

Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint on February 4, 1972 alleging that they are corporations engaged in the production…