Rivendell Forest Products, Ltd. v. Georgia-Pacific Corporation and Timothy L. Cornwell

SETH, Circuit Judge.

This suit concerns an aspect of the lumber business in which both Plaintiff, Rivendell Forest Products, Inc., and the Defendant, Georgia-Pacific Corporation (G.P.), were engaged. Defendant Cornwell was employed originally by Rivendell and later by G.P. Rivendell was a wholesaler of lumber known as a “reload wholesaler” which provided lumber of the kind and sizes needed by its customers, quoted prices, and advised them as to delivery. It had a number of storage yards. G.P. was as to this aspect of its business a competitor of Rivendell.

Rivendell brought suit against G.P.…