Hollingsworth Solderless Terminal Co., a Corporation v. William Turley, an Individual and Hoffman Electronics Corporation, a Corporation

KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:

This diversity action principally concerns the circumstances in which California law permits a salesman who leaves his employer to solicit the employer’s customers by using various kinds of information acquired in his first position. Plaintiff-appellant Hollingsworth Solderless Terminal Company competes, in California and nationwide, with defendant-appellee Hoffman Electronics Corporation. Hoffman hired a former Hollingsworth salesman to work for it, and Hollingsworth then sued both Hoffman and the salesman, defendant-appellee William Turley. After some discovery, all…