United States Fifth Circuit

In a suit for tortious interference with contract and business relations, judgment in favor of defendant is vacated where the district court erred in holding that, as a matter of law, a separation agreement was void for illegality and unconscionability.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/23/2005
• Published 08/24/2005

Judges

• RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM, BARKSDALE and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Randall Alan Smith (argued), Laura Hawkins Davis, Smith & Fawer, New Orleans, LA, Stephan Land McDavid, McDavid & Associates, Oxford, MS, Scott Burnett Smith, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Huntsville, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellant., Dana Jan Swan (argued), Chapman, Lewis & Swan, Clarksdale, MS, Guthrie Turner Abbott, University of Mississippi, School of Law, Oxford, MS, for John Booth Farese and Farese, Farese & Farese Professional Ass'n., Grady F. Tollison, Jr. (argued), Amanda Povall Tailyour, Tollison Law Firm, Oxford, MS, for Bruce R. Kaster and Bruce R. Kaster P.A.