163728P.pdf   12/08/2017  Tension Envelope Corporation  v.  JBM Envelope Company
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  16-3728
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Wollman and Melloy, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Contracts. The district court did not err in determining 
   defendant did not breach a requirements contract by selling directly to 
   plaintiff's customers, as there was no enforceable requirements contract 
   between the plaintiff and defendant; the Missouri statute of frauds barred 
   plaintiff's claim under the doctrine of promissory estoppel; with respect 
   to plaintiff's claim for material misrepresentation, assuming for the sake 
   of argument that plaintiff could show falsity of a statement that 
   defendant was a "trade-only manufacturer," it could not show that it had 
   any right to rely on the statement, especially where it repeatedly asked 
   for, and defendant repeatedly refused to sign, a non-compete agreement; 
   the other statements plaintiff relied on also failed to meet the test for 
   fraudulent misrepresentation; defendant had no duty to disclose its plans 
   to market envelopes directly and plaintiff's fraudulent nondisclosure 
   claim was properly rejected; there was no evidence defendant used improper 
   means to sell to plaintiff's customers - such as threats, violence or 
   defamation - and plaintiff failed to state a claim for tortious 
   interference; plaintiff failed to support its claim of unfair competition; 
   the information upon which plaintiff based its claim for misappropriation 
   of trade secrets - identity of customers and their requirements - did not 
   qualify as trade secrets under Missouri law.