Genie MacHine Products, Inc. v. Midwestern MacHinery Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO REMAND

COLLINSON, District Judge.

This is an action for alleged interference with the plaintiff’s economic relations with its customers and creditors by way of an injurious falsehood published by the defendants. W. Prosser, Torts § 128 (4th ed. 1971). The complaint alleges that the defendants caused a public auction notice to be printed, published and circulated throughout the United States; that the notice offered certain property for sale and contained the plaintiff’s name in such a way that it falsely represented that the plaintiff’s…