SHORT v. SUN NEWSPAPERS, INC.

No. 50736.

300 N.W.2d 781 (1980)

Robert E. SHORT, Appellant, v. SUN NEWSPAPERS, INC. et al., Carroll E. Crawford, Vincent J. Manno et al., Elmer L. Andersen et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

December 19, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Busch, St. Paul, Foster, Jensen & Short, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Faegre & Benson, Lawrence Brown and Brian O'Neill, Minneapolis, for Sun Newspapers, Inc., et al.

Henson & Efron and Alan C. Eidsness, Minneapolis, for Crawford.

Mackall, Crounse & Moore, Minneapolis, for Manno, et al.

Briggs & Morgan and Frank Hammond, St. Paul, for Andersen, et al.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


SIMONETT, Justice.

Plaintiff Robert E. Short sued Sun Newspapers, Inc., and others on three counts: for specific performance of a contract to sell certain assets of Sun's newspaper business; for damages for breach of the contract; and for wrongful interference with plaintiff's contractual relationship with Sun.1 Defendants first moved for judgment on the pleadings, which was denied. After discovery...

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