Ehlers v. Iowa Warehouse Company

STUART, Justice.

By this action in equity for a declaratory judgment, plaintiff sought to have two noncompetitive covenants in his employment contract with defendant corporation declared void and unenforceable. Defendant counterclaimed for injunctive relief to prohibit plaintiff’s violation of the covenants. The first covenant (paragraph 6 of the employment contract) prohibited plaintiff from disclosing his compiled list of defendant’s customers to any third party or using it directly or indirectly in a competitive business after the termination of his employment. No time limit was stated. The…