Classic Communications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co.

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• holding that an “action for tortious interference with contract does not extend to claims of adverse impact or increased burden which fall short of inducing or causing actual breach.”
• dismissing claim for tortious interference with prospective business relationship where plaintiff's allegations that (1) defendant knowingly and intentionally made false and misleading comments about plaintiff and (2
• “It follows, then, that competitive conduct which is not independently actionable does not become actionable because it interferes with another’s prospective contractual relations.”
• first citing E. R.R. Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc. , 365 U.S. 127 , 144, 81 S.Ct. 523 , 5 L.Ed.2d 464 (1961) ; then citing Cal. Motor Transp. Co. v. Trucking Unlimited , 404 U.S. 508 , 511, 92 S.Ct. 609 , 30 L.Ed.2d 642 (1972)

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