Witte Transportation Co. v. Murphy Motor Freight Lines, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that a tort claim can be brought “for the wrongful interference with noncontractual as well as contractual business relationships”
• holding that the interference must be wanton, willful, or intentionally tortious, such as sending falsified letters to customers
• noting that a claim can be brought \for the wrongful interference with noncontractual as well as contractual business relationships\
• concluding after review of the record that there was no evidence the defendant’s interference was done “wantonly, willfully, and intentionally for the purpose of wrongfully diverting freight”
• stating there was “no evidence” that action was taken “wantonly, willfully, and intentionally for the purpose of wrongfully diverting freight”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).