Environmental Planning and Information Council of Western El Dorado County, Inc. v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
680 P.2d 1086 (1984)
Relevant factsFree
The Environmental Planning and Information Council (EPIC) (defendant) published a newsletter criticizing a local newspaper's editorial policies and listing its advertisers, suggesting readers withhold support from those businesses until the paper changed its coverage of environmental issues; the paper's publisher, Detmold (plaintiff), sued for intentional interference with prospective economic advantage, and the trial court denied EPIC's motion to dismiss.
IssueFree
Whether a party can be held liable for intentional interference with the prospective economic advantage of another for organizing or calling for a secondary consumer boycott directed at a political objective.