Court Opinion

ID: 9639189
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 16:07:12.220152+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:10:13.770346
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On Petition for Rehearing.
SWAN, Circuit Judge.
The foregoing opinion is predicated upon the premise that the defendants are threatening no interference with existing contracts of the plaintiff, except so far as the plaintiff voluntarily consents to modify them for the sake of obtaining hew business from members of Equity. So the trial judge found, and so counsel for the defendants assert in their brief.
In his petition for rehearing, the plaintiff expresses fear that, upon dissolution of the preliminary injunction, the defendants *728will change their attitude and will construe Equity’s letters (referred to in the opinion) as instructions to producers and managers not to employ through plaintiff any member of Equity, even though such member is under an existing contract with plaintiff, unless plaintiff shall take out a permit. We do not regard such fears as sufficiently well founded to justify a reargument or the present issuance of an injunction. Should defendants hereafter threaten interference with existing contracts, otherwise than by endeavoring to induce a voluntary modification through the refusal of new business from members of Equity until plaintiff obtains a permit, there is nothing in our decision to prevent plaintiff from then applying to the court for injunctive relief.
The petition for rehearing is denied.