Image Supplies, Inc. v. Hilmert

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GOLDBERG

delivered the opinion of the court:

This interlocutory appeal stems from the issuance of a preliminary injunction restraining John R. Hilmert (defendant) until further order of the court, but not beyond August 31, 1979, from contacting or soliciting customers of Image Supplies, Inc. (plaintiff), within a 50-mile radius of plaintiff’s principal place of business for the purpose of selling materials used in the printing trade. Defendant has appealed.

The facts developed at the hearing prior to issuance of the injunction show that plaintiff sells printing supplies at…