Legal Opinion
Mantek Division of Nch Corporation v. Share Corporation, David J. Denton, Dennis Lenahan, Kenneth C. Roten, and Malcolm Maurice Slayden
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 7, 1986No. 85-1758PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*704H ARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Mantek, a division of NCH Corporation (“Mantek”), brought this action in the district court to obtain a preliminary injunction against Share Corporation (“Share”) and four of Share’s employees who had formerly worked for Mantek. Mantek and Share are competitors in the chemical sales industry, and the four former Mantek employees sell products for Share in their former Mantek sales territories. Mantek claims that these employees are violating covenants not to compete contained in their former employment contracts with Mantek.
The district court held an…
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