Moraine Industrial Supply, Inc., Harold W. Leach, Richard A. Perkins v. Sterling Rubber Products Co.

KEITH, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs, Moraine Industrial Supply, Inc., Harold W. Leach (“Leach”) and Richard A. Perkins (“Perkins”) (collectively “Moraine”), appeal from an order of the district court granting the motion of defendant, Sterling Rubber Products Company (“Sterling”), to extend the expiration date of a preliminary injunction. The injunction enforces the noncompetition clauses in employment agreements (hereinafter the “noncompetition agreements”) between Sterling and its former employees, Leach and Perkins, who resigned and formed a competitive business, Moraine. Because the extended…