Legal Opinion

T-N-T Motorsports, Inc. v. Hennessey Motorsports, Inc.

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided March 13, 1998No. 01-97-00815-CVPublishedCited by 175 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

TAFT, Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal 1 from the grant of a temporary injunction against appellants, T-N-T Motorsports, Inc., Roy Terpstra, and Joe Terpstra. We address: (1) whether the trial court abused its discretion in enjoining former employees from using information regarding, or working on, three types of motor vehicles they had worked on for their former employer; and (2) whether the temporary injunction is over-broad. We reform, and affirm the temporary injunction as reformed.

Facts

In 1991, John Hennessey founded Hennes-sey Motorsports, Inc. (appellee), which…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Davis v. HueyTexas Supreme Court · 1978
  2. Computer Associates International, Inc. v. Altai, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1996
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  4. Miller Paper Co. v. Roberts Paper Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1995
  5. Rugen v. Interactive Business Systems, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1993

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3Cited by175 opinions

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