ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION v. Powell

BATEMAN, Justice.

This is an action by appellant to enforce by injunction certain restrictive covenants in an employment contract against its former employee. The employer prevailed below in the hearing for a temporary injunction but, being dissatisfied with the limited scope of the temporary injunction, has perfected this appeal.

Appellee Douglas W. Powell worked for appellant (herein referred to as EDS) from May 1970 until August 1972, after which he went to work for Systems Resources, Inc., (herein called SRI), a competitor of EDS. EDS employs systems engineers who write computer programs…