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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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