Legal Opinion
Friends for American Free Enterprise Ass'n v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 1, 2002No. 01-40376, 01-40420PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
Friends for American Free Enterprise, an association of manufacturers’ representatives, contends that Sam’s Club is tor-tiously interfering with the contractual relationships between representatives and the manufacturers who supply merchandise to Sam’s. The district court dismissed the case for lack of standing. As we agree that the nature of the case requires participation of the association’s individual members, we AFFIRM the district court’s order of dismissal. In a related appeal, we AFFIRM the district court’s order denying Sam’s Club’s motion for sanctions…
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