Opinion ID: 785675
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Freedom to contract with fuel suppliers of Plaintiffs' choosing

Text: 53 Moving on to other claims in the first cause of action, Plaintiffs also claim a liberty interest in the freedom to contract with fuel suppliers of their own choosing. 13 On rebuttal, it is possible that Defendant would establish that Plaintiffs chose to forfeit this freedom, in order to maintain their USPS contracts. If Plaintiffs had chosen not to sign Amendment 3 to their USPS contracts, the USPS would not have interfered with their fuel dealings; instead the USPS merely would have declined to renew its contracts with Plaintiffs. But, as stated directly above, contract issues that would arise only in rebuttal do not render contractual an otherwise non-contractual claim. Commercial Drapery Contractors, 133 F.3d at 4; Megapulse, 672 F.2d at 968. 54