Pratt v. Rice

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that plaintiffs cannot recover for actions that are “an inevitable byproduct of competition.”
• noting that Utah Supreme Court has been “careful to limit” tortious interference claims
• reaffirming St. Benedict’s definition of intentional interference with contract includes the element of improper purpose or improper means
• affirming the St. Benedict’s court’s interpretation that the Leigh Furniture test articulated for intentional interference with prospective economic relations applies to the tort of intentional interference with contract
• stating that the Restatements provide “persuasive authority”
• “[A]n unexcused or unjustified interference is widely viewed as the functional equivalent of interference by an ‘improper means’ . . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).