Medtronic, Inc., a Minnesota Corporation v. S. Todd Gibbons, an Individual

McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

S. Todd Gibbons appeals from an order entered in the District Court 1 for the District of Minnesota granting Medtronic, Inc.’s motion for a preliminary injunction restraining Gibbons from violating a restrictive covenant in an employment contract. Medtronic, Inc. v. Gibbons, 527 F.Supp. 1085 (D.Minn.1981). For reversal Gibbons argues that the district court erred in (1) refusing to apply California substantive law on restrictive covenants in employment contracts, (2) finding a threat of irreparable harm, and (8) refusing to find that Medtronic was collaterally…