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LAWSON PRODUCTS, INC. v. AVNET, INC.

No. 85-1402.

782 F.2d 1429 (1986)

LAWSON PRODUCTS, INC., a Delaware corporation, Lawson Products, Inc., a Georgia corporation, Lawson Products, Inc., a Texas corporation, Lawson Products, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, Lawson Products, Inc., a California corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AVNET, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 10, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Byron L. Gregory, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Michael B. Roche, Schuyler, Roche & Zwirner, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before FLAUM and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Lawson Products, Inc. ("Lawson") appeals from the district court's denial of its motion for a preliminary injunction against its competitor, Avnet, Inc. ("Avnet"). This dispute arose out of an alleged scheme by Avnet to lure customers and sales people away from Lawson in a manner that tortiously interfered with the business and contracts of Lawson. This case, arising in the wake of Roland Machinery Co. v. Dresser Industries,

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