United States Ninth Circuit

Under California law, defendant who refuses to do business with plaintiff in retaliation for plaintiff filing a lawsuit against him is not engaged in "wrongful" conduct under the tort of intentional interference with prospective economic advantage.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/14/2001
• Published 11/14/2001

Judges

• BERZON, Circuit Judge:, Before:  GRABER, FISHER and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jeff Mudgett, Gig Harbor, Washington, for the real parties in interest and the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael K. Johnson, Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard, San Francisco, California, for the defendants-appellees.