Opinion ID: 758041
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: state law tortious interference with contractual and

Text: PROSPECTIVE CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS 167 The district court dismissed Rossi's state law tortious interference claims against defendants with no discussion. It very well may be, as some of the defendants suggest, that the district court concluded when it dismissed Rossi's state law claims that Rossi had not shown any wrongful or intentional conduct designed to interfere with alleged contractual or prospective contractual relationships. If that is the case, then based upon our disposition here, the state law claims will likely have to be reinstated with respect to the Standard defendants, the Arzee defendants, and GAF since we have found that there is sufficient evidence of their participation in an unlawful conspiracy to boycott Rossi. However, the district court may have had some other reason for dismissing these claims of which neither we nor the parties before us is aware. Our jurisprudence requires district courts in this circuit to accompany grants of summary judgment with an explanation sufficient to permit the parties and this court to understand the legal premise for the court's order. See Vadino v. A. Valey Eng'rs, 903 F.2d 253, 257-60 (3d Cir.1990). We will therefore reverse the district court's order dismissing the state tortious interference claims against all defendants and remand them to the district court for further consideration and explanation consistent with this opinion.