International Sales & Service, Inc. v. Austral Insulated Products, Inc.

MAGILL, Circuit Judge:

International Sales & Service, Inc. (“ISS”) sued Austral Insulated Products, Inc. (“Austral”) for tortious interference with an advantageous business relationship. After the jury returned a verdict for ISS, the district court entered judgment as a matter of law for Austral. We affirm.

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ISS was a distributor of, and manufacturer’s representative for, various products, principally aviation wire. In 1990, ISS began providing aviation wire to Shannon Aircraft Motorworks, later renamed Shannon Ireland and Shannon Canada (together, “Shannon”). Construing the facts in the light…