172724P.pdf   08/30/2018  Aaron Vilcek  v.  Uber Technologies, Inc.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  17-2724
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Melloy and Grasz, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Tortious interference with a business expectancy. In this 
   putative class action by taxi drivers against Uber, alleging the company's 
   offer of competing services without complying with the licensing and 
   fingerprinting requirements imposed by the Metropolitan Taxicab Commission 
   tortiously interfered with the taxi drivers' valid business expectancy, 
   the district court did not err in finding the taxi drivers had not stated 
   a claim under Missouri law, because they failed to allege the absence of 
   justification, a necessary element of a claim for tortious interference 
   with a business expectancy; there was no evidence that the legislature 
   intended to create a private cause of action based on violation of the 
   Missouri Taxicab Commission's code and requirements.