SEARLE v. JOHNSON

No. 17349.

646 P.2d 682 (1982)

Woody B. SEARLE and Vonetta Searle, Randy B. Searle and Vickie Searle, Rance W. Searle and Gail Searle, Rhett A. Searle and Tony Searle, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. Lonnie JOHNSON and the Humane Society of Utah, Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Utah.

April 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gayle F. McKeachnie, Vernal, for plaintiffs and appellants.

Craig Stephens Cook, Kim R. Wilson, Salt Lake City, for defendants and respondents.


HALL, Chief Justice:

Plaintiffs sued defendants under a tort theory of intentional interference with plaintiffs' prospective economic advantage. Plaintiffs alleged that defendant Lonnie Johnson, Executive Director of the Humane Society of Utah, had injured plaintiffs' tourist businesses by publicly discouraging tourism in Uintah County, where plaintiffs' businesses are located. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of defendants on the basis that Johnson...

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