Soderlund Bros., Inc. v. Carrier Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that the privilege applies unless a competitor’s actions are “solely motivated by spite or ill will”
• “There is no liability for inter ference with a prospective contractual relation on the part of one who merely gives truthful information to another”
• “There is no liability for interference with a prospec- tive contractual relation on the part of one who merely 12 No. 06-3766 gives truthful information to another”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

81 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Cromeens, Holloman, Sibert, Inc. v. AB Volvo
  Seventh Circuit· 2003-11-07· cited 174×
• Futuresource LLC v. Reuters Limited Reuters S.A. And Reuters America Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2002-11-27· cited 126×
• General Motors Corp. v. State of Illinois Motor Vehicle Review Board
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2007-01-08· cited 93×
• Speakers of Sport, Inc. v. Proserv, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1999-05-13· cited 88×
• Lexmark International, Inc. v. Transportation Insurance
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-12-19· cited 86×
• Imperial Apparel, Ltd. v. Cosmo's Designer Direct, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2008-02-07· cited 84×
• Neptuno Treuhand-Und Verwaltungsgesellschaft Mbh v. Arbor
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1998-03-13· cited 75×
• Letsos v. Century 21-New West Realty
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1996-12-27· cited 74×
• Deloney v. Board of Education of Thornton Township, School District No. 205
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1996-05-31· cited 73×
• Wolfram Partnership, Ltd. v. LaSalle National Bank
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2002-03-20· cited 65×
• Walnut Street Associates, Inc. v. Brokerage Concepts, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-09-22· cited 57×
• MC Baldwin Financial Co. v. DiMaggio, ROSARIO & VERAJA, LLC
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2006-02-27· cited 56×
• Northbrook Property & Casualty Insurance v. Applied Systems, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2000-05-17· cited 56×
• Fremont Casualty Insurance v. Ace-Chicago Great Dane Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2000-10-26· cited 51×
• Wrobel v. City of Chicago
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2000-12-27· cited 45×
• Village of Maywood Bd. of Fire & Pol. Commissioners v. Dept. of Hum. Rts. of State
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1998-05-08· cited 39×
• Willett v. Cessna Aircraft Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2006-05-04· cited 39×
• Kempner Mobile Electronics, Incorporated, Cross-Appellee v. Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, Doing Business as Cingular Wireless
  Seventh Circuit· 2005-11-03· cited 34×
• Sacramento Crushing Corp. v. Correct/All Sewer, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2000-12-29· cited 34×
• Benamon v. Soo Line Railroad
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1997-12-31· cited 33×

Cites

30 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Outboard Marine Corp. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1992-12-04· cited 1,920×
• Loyola Academy v. S & S Roof Maintenance, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1992-01-23· cited 538×
• Fellhauer v. City of Geneva
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1991-02-22· cited 312×
• Carruthers v. B. C. Christopher & Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1974-05-29· cited 277×
• Belden Corp. v. InterNorth, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-11-10· cited 119×
• Myers v. Health Specialists, S.C.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-01-21· cited 92×
• Galinski v. Kessler
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1985-06-20· cited 91×
• Pecora v. Szabo
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1981-02-25· cited 64×
• Shull v. Harristown Township
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-01-16· cited 58×
• Motz v. Central National Bank
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1983-11-18· cited 54×
• Wells v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1988-06-20· cited 47×
• Roy v. Coyne
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-02-15· cited 44×
• Winnetka Bank v. Mandas
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1990-08-17· cited 42×
• Marino v. United Bank of Illinois, N.A.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1985-10-18· cited 39×
• Candalaus Chicago, Inc. v. Evans Mill Supply Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1977-06-10· cited 38×
• Bank of Illinois v. Thweatt
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-02-18· cited 35×
• Stephen v. Swiatkowski
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-05-27· cited 33×
• In Re Marriage of Winton
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-04-19· cited 31×
• LaSalle Nat. Bank v. SKIDMORE, OWINGS
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-05-05· cited 31×
• Lesnik v. Estate of Lesnik
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-03-31· cited 25×