Herring Gas Co., Inc. v. Magee

EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

W. Otto Magee and Michael B. Burris appeal a judgment which declares that a noncompete agreement is enforceable in Louisiana. Magee and Burris argue that the Mississippi Supreme Court, if presented with this case, would hold the noncompete agreement unenforceable in Louisiana, and therefore the district court, sitting in diversity, should have held the contract unenforceable in Louisiana as well. We affirm.

I

The following facts are undisputed. Edward G. Herring is the principal stockholder in Herring Gas Company, Inc. (“Herring Gas”), a concern which sells…