Foster v. Churchill

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• holding that acts in furtherance of an economic interest defeat claims for tortious interference with a contract
• concluding that defense applied where the defendants, who were founders and stockholders of breaching company, “were clearly acting in the economic interest” of the company “to preserve [its] financial health” prior to insolvency
• explaining that interference with a contract can be justified by “economic interest” unless “there is a showing of malice or illegality”
• sustaining economic justification defense where lack of good faith did not rise to the level of “independent torts”
• applying the economic interest defense where defendant was a significant stockholder in the breaching party’s business
• “procuring the breach of a contract in the exercise of equal or superior right is acting with just cause or excuse and is justification for what would otherwise be an actionable wrong.” (internal quotations omitted)

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Other cases named Foster v. Churchill

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Foster v. Churchill
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1995-05-04