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Plaintiff Appellant
Defendant Appellee
Counsel for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Counsel of Record
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Appellee
Parent Company of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Indirect Parent Company of Reynolds American Inc.
Counsel for Appellee
Appellant
Sole Member of Caldwell Wholesale Co, L.L.C.
Partners in Caldwell Management, LLP
Counsel for Appellant
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Sole Member of KGC, L.L.C.
Beneficiaries of the Ken Caldwell Grandchildren Trust
Shay Dvoretzky
Attorney of Record for Appellee R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
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Americold Realty Tr. v. Conagra Foods, Inc.
Bihm v. Deca Systems, Inc.
Bogues v. La. Energy Consultants, Inc.
Briggs v. Mississippi
Cheramie Servs., Inc. v. Shell Deepwater Prod., Inc.
Coleman v. OFS, Inc.
Collins v. Mnuchin
Crump v. Sabine River Auth.passim
Dorsey v. N. Life Ins. Co.
Dussouy v. Gulf Coast Inv. Corp.
Eagle Pipe & Supply, Inc. v. Amerada Hess Corp.
Family Res. Grp., Inc. v. Louisiana Parent Magazine
Great Plains Tr. Co. v. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co.
Guillory v. Broussard
Hardy v. Easterling
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Harvey v. Grey Wolf Drilling Co.
Hughes v. Tobacco Inst., Inc.
In re Med. Review Panel for Claim of Moses
JCD Mktg. Co. v. Bass Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
Jeff Mercer, LLC v. State
Junior Money Bags, Ltd. v. Segal
K.P.’s Auto Sales Inc. v. Gen. Motors Corp.
K&F Rest. Holdings, Ltd. v. Rouse
Knatt v. Hosp. Serv. Dist. No. 1 of E. Baton Rouge Par.
Knatt v. Hosp. Serv. Dist. No. 1 of E. Baton Rouge Par.
Lee v. Frozen Food Exp., Inc.
Loupe v. O’Bannon
Marchseani v. Pellerin-Milnor Corp.
McCoin v. McGehee
Miller v. ConAgra, Inc.passim
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Muslow v. A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.
Nadler v. Am. Motors Sales Corp.
Nat’l Gypsum Co. v. Ace Wholesale, Inc.
Ned v. Union Pac. Corp.
Neeley v. Bankers Tr. Co. of Texas
Omnitech Int’l, Inc. v. Clorox Co.
Porter v. Beaumont Enter. & Journal
Rio Grande Royalty Co. v. Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.
Sandolph v. P&L Hauling Contractors, Inc.
Simmons v. Templeton
St. Landry Homestead Fed. Sav. Bank v. Vidrine
St. Paul Reinsurance Co., Ltd. v. Greenberg
Strain v. Harrelson Rubber Co.
Surgical Care Ctr. of Hammond, L.C. v. Hosp. Serv. Dist. No. 1 of Tangipahoa Par.
Terrebonne Par. Sch. Bd. v. Mobil Oil Corp.
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Tubos de Acero de Mexico, S.A. v. Am. Int’l Inv. Corp., Inc.
Turner v. Purina Mills, Inc.
Ustica Enters., Inc. v. Costello
Walker v. Hixson Autoplex of Monroe, L.L.C.
Young v. U.S.
passimpassim
Tortious Interference and Unfair Trade Claims: Louisiana’s Elusive Remedies for Business Interference
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See infra
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Caldwell Wholesale Company,
L.L.C. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Nadler v.
Am. Motors Sales Corp.
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E.g.
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.
residents
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sua sponte
deem
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Caldwell Wholesale Company, L.L.C. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
citizenship
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residency
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third parties
only
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Collins v. Mnuchin
Loupe v. O’Bannon
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See
Harvey v. Grey Wolf Drilling Co.
Harvey
Harvey
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Americold Realty Tr. v.
Conagra Foods, Inc.
See, e.g. id.
citizenship
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residents
Nadler v.
Am. Motors Sales Corp.
Strain v.
Harrelson Rubber Co. see also Great Plains Tr.
Co. v. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co.
Neeley v. Bankers Tr. Co. of Texas
amend See, e.g Nadler
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only if
Nadler
Nadler
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St. Paul Reinsurance Co., Ltd. v. Greenberg
Id.
Id.
See Strain
Nadler
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Miller v. ConAgra, Inc.
Miller
Miller
Id.
Id.
Id.
Id.
Miller
See
See
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and
conduct Ned v. Union Pac. Corp.
In re Med. Review Panel for Claim of Moses
and
Young v. U.S.
unlawful acts
Crump v. Sabine River
Auth.
Eagle Pipe & Supply, Inc. v. Amerada Hess
Corp.
Miller
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id.
harms
violation id.
Id.
Miller Crump
Id. Crump
Id.
Id.
Id.
Id.
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Id.
Id.
Crump
Terrebonne Par. Sch. Bd. v. Mobil Oil Corp.
Miller Crump
Miller
Crump,
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Miller
Miller
Crump
Crump see Terrebonne
In re Med. Review
Crump
See Crump
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see
itself
unlawful acts i.e.
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Young v. U.S.
unlawful
tort. Id.
Id.
Id.
Id.
Id.
refusal
E.g.,
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Miller
Miller
Crump
Crump
Tubos de Acero de
Mexico, S.A. v. American International Investment Corporation, Inc.
throughout the period in question
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Id. Bihm v. Deca Systems, Inc.
unlawful
see Coleman v. OFS, Inc. Marchseani v.
Pellerin-Milnor Corp.
See
even assuming
See Miller
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Surgical Care Ctr. of Hammond, L.C. v. Hosp. Serv. Dist. No.
1 of Tangipahoa Par.
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Family Res. Grp., Inc. v. Louisiana Parent Magazine
Cheramie Servs., Inc. v. Shell Deepwater Prod., Inc.
see also Turner v. Purina Mills, Inc.
Walker v. Hixson Autoplex of Monroe, L.L.C.
Omnitech Int’l, Inc. v. Clorox Co.
Turner
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Dussouy v. Gulf Coast Inv. Corp.
see Sandolph v. P&L Hauling Contractors, Inc.
Muslow v. A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.
Turner
Id.
Omnitech
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Dussouy,
see
Dussouy, Sandolph Muslow
improper conduct
Turner
Turner
Id.
through improper
means Id.
Id.
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See also Knatt
v. Hosp. Serv. Dist. No. 1 of E. Baton Rouge Par.
means
Guillory v. Broussard
Tubos de Acero See Knatt
v. Hosp. Serv. Dist. No. 1 of E. Baton Rouge Par.
collaborated
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See, e.g. Nat’l Gypsum Co.
v. Ace Wholesale, Inc.
Dorsey v. N. Life Ins. Co.
See
this
Court’s
Cheramie Services, Inc. v. Shell Deepwater Production, Inc.
Cheramie
see
Id.
Cheramie
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Lee v. Frozen Food
Exp., Inc. Erie
Hughes v. Tobacco Inst., Inc.
Cheramie
Tubos
K.P.’s Auto Sales Inc. v. Gen. Motors Corp.
Simmons v. Templeton
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itself
St. Landry Homestead Fed. Sav. Bank v. Vidrine
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see also Hardy v. Easterling
Tortious Interference and Unfair Trade Claims: Louisiana’s
Elusive Remedies for Business Interference
See, e.g. JCD Mktg. Co. v. Bass
Hotels & Resorts, Inc. K&F Rest. Holdings,
Ltd. v. Rouse
Jeff Mercer, LLC v. State
actually prevented the plaintiff from dealing with a third party Id.
see also Bogues v. La. Energy Consultants, Inc.
St. Landry Bogues
Bogues
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Junior Money Bags, Ltd. v. Segal
Dussouy
See
id. McCoin v. McGehee Ustica Enters.,
Inc. v. Costello
Ustica
Id.
Id.
Id.
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Id.
Id.
Id.
Id.
Id.
any
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See, e.g. Jeff
Mercer, LLC
Ustica.
Ustica
Ustica
Id.
See id.
Id.
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See Porter v. Beaumont Enter. & Journal
See,
e.g. Rio Grande Royalty Co. v. Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.
Briggs v. Mississippi,
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/s/ Shay Dvoretzky
Counsel of Record
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Counsel for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
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/s/ Shay Dvoretzky
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/s/ Shay Dvoretzky
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