Forest Products Industries, Inc. v. Conagra Foods, Inc.

BYE, Circuit Judge.

Forest Products Industries, Inc. (Forest) brokered food packaging materials for Malnove, Inc. (Malnove) to ConAgra Foods, Inc. (ConAgra). After ConAgra decided it no longer would work through brokers, Malnove offered Forest $100,000 to release it from any obligations under the brokerage agreement, which Forest accepted. Forest sued ConAgra, alleging ConAgra tortiously interfered with the brokerage agreement. The district court 1 granted ConAgra’s motion for summary judgment, concluding no breach occurred due to Forest’s release agreement with Malnove. We affirm.

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