United States First Circuit

In an action challenging the termination of Plaintiff bakery distributors' routes, the District Court's grant of a preliminary injunction is affirmed, where a voicemail "threat" by Plaintiffs' counsel to inform authorities about Defendants' treatment of its route-holders as employees did not constitute criminal extortion and thus did not violate the parties' agreement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/19/2009
• Published 06/19/2009

Judges

• SELYA, Circuit Judge., Before HOWARD, SELYA and EBEL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Catherine R. Connors, with whom James R. Erwin, Katharine I. Rand, and Pierce Atwood LLP were on brief, for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Patrick J. Mellor, with whom Strout & Payson, P.A. was on brief, for appellees.