William Swoger v. Rare Coin Wholesalers

OPINION

M. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellant William Swoger appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendants-Appellees Rare Coin Wholesalers, Steven L. Contursi, and Donald Kagin (collectively, Appellees). Appellees owned a rare coin known as a “Brasher Doubloon.” Swoger offered to sell Appellees information that would prove that their coin was the first legal-tender coin struck pursuant to an Act of Congress. Swoger divulged the information, but Appellees refused to pay him, and Swoger filed suit.

In due course, Appellees moved for summary judgment.…