E Z Sockets, Inc. v. Brighton-Best Socket Screw Mfg., Inc.

Plaintiff filed a complaint against defendants alleging antitrust violations and tortious interference with plaintiff’s prospective economic benefit. The motion judge granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment, holding that while plaintiff had alleged a vertical restraint of trade, it had failed to prove by the “rule of reason” test or by the “per se” violation test, that defendants’ conduct constituted a vertical price-fixing agreement. Further, the judge held that while plaintiff could prove some of the elements of tortious interference, it had not produced evidence that defendants had…