WHITE PLAINS COAT & APRON CO. v. CINTAS CORP.

Docket No. 05-1520-CV.

460 F.3d 281 (2006)

WHITE PLAINS COAT & APRON CO., INC., Appellant, v. CINTAS CORP. and Cintas Corp. 2, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 15, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee H. Rubin, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP; Palo Alto, CA, for Appellant White Plains Coat & Apron Co., Inc.

Steven J. Rice, Harris Beach LLP, New York, NY, Steven C. Coffaro, Keating Muehing & Klekamp PLL, Cincinnati, OH (on the brief), for Appellees Cintas Corp. and Cintas Corp. No. 2.

Before WINTER, CABRANES, and B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges.


B.D. PARKER, Jr., Circuit Judge.

We find that the resolution of this case, which involves a claim of tortious interference with an existing contract, turns on a question of New York law that is undecided: whether a generalized economic interest in soliciting business for profit can constitute a defense to a claim of tortious interference with an existing contract for an alleged tortfeasor with no previous economic relationship with the breaching party. We therefore...

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