Saab Automobile AB v. General Motors Co.

OPINION

•SILER, Circuit Judge.

Saab Automobile AB (“Saab”) and its parent company, Spyker N.V. (“Spyker”) (collectively “Plaintiffs”), sued General Motors Company (“GM”) for tortious interference with economic expectancy under Michigan law, claiming that GM made public statements that caused a transaction between Saab and a Chinese investor to fall through, thereby driving Saab into bankruptcy. The district court granted GM’s motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, finding that Plaintiffs failed as a matter of law to establish a valid business expectancy and intentional interference by…