United States First Circuit

Defendant's refusal to pay plaintiffs' pilotage fees, coupled with its repeated settlement offers below the total amount claimed, constituted a simple failure to pay a debt rather than commercial extortion.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/10/2004
• Published 02/10/2004

Judges

• COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge., Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael J. Rauworth with whom Cetrulo & Capone LLP was on brief, for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Seth S. Holbrook with whom Holbrook & Murphy was on brief for, appellees.