Dresser Industries, Inc. v. Duane J. Sandvick, Gary T. Petty, Steve Goodall, Petro-Chem, Inc., and Joe Don Eide

LOGAN, Circuit Judge.

In this diversity case plaintiff, Dresser Industries, Inc., seeks to enforce covenants not to compete against former employees Duane J. Sandvick, Gary T. Petty, and Joe Don Eide and against the company that hired them, Petro-Chem, Inc. (Steve Goodall, the Petro-Chem employee who hired Sandvick, Petty, and Eide, is also named as a defendant.) Finding that application of the proper state law would invalidate the covenants, the court denied Dresser's preliminary injunction requests and certified the instant appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b). We accepted the appeal 1 and here…