United States Ninth Circuit
United National Maintenance v. San Diego Convention Center, 12-56809
Judgment in favor of defendant for intentional interference with contractual relationship, antitrust violations, and intentional interference with prospective economic advantage, is: 1) reversed in part, where plaintiff, a vendor of trade show cleaning services, intentionally interfered with contracts of a convention center and the tort of intentional interference also applies to parties for whom there is a legitimate interest in the result of the underlying conduct, which includes plaintiff; and 2) affirmed in part, where the district court committed instructional error by not interpreting the terms of the contracts to enable the jury to understand whether the competing maintenance company’s performance was disrupted, and such error was prejudicial and warrants a new trial.
Appellate Information
- Decided 08/15/2014
- Published 08/15/2014
Judges
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit