Legal Opinion
Speakers of Sport, Inc. v. Proserv, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 13, 1999No. 98-3113PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
The plaintiff, Speakers of Sport, appeals from the grant of summary judgment to the defendant, ProServ, in a diversity suit in which one sports agency has charged another with tortious interference with a business relationship and related violations of Illinois law. The essential facts, construed as favorably to the plaintiff as the record will permit, are as follows. Ivan Rodriguez, a highly successful catcher with the Texas Rangers baseball team, in 1991 signed the first of several one-year contracts making Speakers his agent. Pro-Serv wanted to expand its representation…
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