Cranston v. Bluhm

This court has defined a conspiracy as “a combination of two or more persons by some concerted action to accomplish some unlawful purpose or to accomplish by unlawful means some purpose not in itself unlawful.”

The gist of the alleged conspiracy is that Bluhm and Prudential conspired to close the Lyric Theatre and thus eliminate the only theatre in Stevens Point which competed for patronage with Prudential’s Fox Theatre. The purpose of the alleged conspiracy is not in itself unlawful so the test of whether the instant complaint states a good cause of action is dependent on whether it alleges…