Swager v. Couri

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing privilege for corporate officers, directors, and shareholders to influence the actions of their corporation
• explaining that “corporate officers who, 'in accordance with their business judgment and discretion,’ interfere with their corporation's contractual relations lack the requisite malice’ and therefore are not liable in tort”
• corporate officers can’t be held liable for tortious interference with contracts when they use their best business judgment and discretion to protect business interests

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• HPI Health Care Services, Inc. v. Mt. Vernon Hospital, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1989-09-27· cited 661×
• Adcock v. Brakegate, Ltd.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1994-11-23· cited 331×
• Fellhauer v. City of Geneva
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1991-02-22· cited 312×
• Winkler v. V.G. Reed & Sons, Inc.
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1994-07-28· cited 198×
• Dennis J. Fitzpatrick, Doing Business as F.E.L. Publications v. Catholic Bishop of Chicago, a Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1990-10-25· cited 185×
• Mittelman v. Witous
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1990-04-09· cited 174×
• Ray Dancer, Inc. v. D M C Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-06-05· cited 168×
• George A. Fuller Co., a Division of Northrop Corporation v. Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, a Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1983-10-14· cited 101×
• Marathon Financial Ins., Inc., RRG v. Ford Motor Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-12-18· cited 90×
• Jolicoeur Furniture Co., Inc. v. Baldelli
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1995-02-06· cited 78×
• Wimmer v. Koenigseder
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1985-10-18· cited 71×
• Mannion v. Stallings & Co., Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1990-09-24· cited 65×
• Fitzpatrick v. City of Chicago
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1986-04-04· cited 64×
• Club Assistance Program, Inc. v. Zukerman
  N.D. Illinois· 1984-09-10· cited 59×
• Schott v. Glover
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1982-09-15· cited 59×
• Adelman-Reyes v. Saint Xavier University
  Seventh Circuit· 2007-09-14· cited 58×
• Exchange National Bank v. Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co. of Michigan
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1982-07-20· cited 48×
• In Re Estate of Albergo
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1995-09-25· cited 47×
• Alpine Property Owners Ass'n v. Mountaintop Development Co.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1987-12-08· cited 46×
• Douglas Theater Corp. v. Chicago Title & Trust Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1997-05-09· cited 46×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Pedrick v. Peoria & Eastern Railroad
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1967-05-18· cited 2,326×
• Berry v. G. D. Searle & Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1974-03-29· cited 185×
• Doremus v. Hennessy
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1898-10-24· cited 170×
• Lasko v. Meier
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1946-05-21· cited 97×
• First National Bank v. City of Aurora
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1978-01-20· cited 85×
• W. P. Iverson & Co. v. Dunham Manufacturing Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1958-09-29· cited 55×
• H. F. Philipsborn & Co. v. Suson
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1974-11-27· cited 47×
• Parrino v. Landon
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1956-03-22· cited 42×
• Loewenthal Securities Co. v. White Paving Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1932-12-23· cited 32×
• Republic of Italy v. De Angelis
  Second Circuit· 1953-08-11· cited 31×
• Hild v. Avland Development Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1977-02-24· cited 24×
• Petit v. Cuneo
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1937-04-19· cited 21×
• Swager v. Couri
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1978-05-23· cited 16×
• Central Illinois Electric & Gas Co. v. Scully
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1959-09-24· cited 13×
• Chicago Laundry Owners Ass'n v. American Wet Wash Laundry, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1934-07-06· cited 2×
• Cleaning & Dyeing Plant Owners Ass'n v. Sterling Cleaners & Dyers, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1936-05-13· cited 2×

Other cases named Swager v. Couri

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Swager v. Couri
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1978-05-23· cited 16×