182633P.pdf   05/27/2020  CRST Expedited, Inc.  v.  Transam Trucking, Inc.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  18-2633
                          and No:  18-2752
   U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Cedar Rapids   
   [PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Loken and Stras, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Intentional Interference with Contracts. In this action CRST 
   alleged TransAm intentionally interfered with CRST's employment contracts 
   with 167 drivers it had trained as part of an employment program; the 
   district court erred in granting TransAm's motion for summary judgment on 
   CRST's claim for intentional interference with contract as CRST provided 
   sufficient evidence to create a genuine issue of material fact on all 
   three elements of the claim - a valid contract with the drivers; TransAm's 
   knowledge of the contract and that TransAm's actions caused the drivers 
   not to perform their contracts with CRST; non-compete clause in the 
   drivers' contract was not void ab initio under Iowa law; the district 
   court also erred in granting TransAm's motion for summary judgment on 
   CRST's unjust enrichment claim, as there was sufficient evidence that a 
   benefit was conferred on TransAm at CRST's expense and that it would be 
   unfair for TransAm to retain the alleged benefit; on TransAm's 
   cross-appeal arguing the case should have been dismissed because CRST 
   failed to join indispensable parties - the 167 drivers - under Rule 19(b), 
   the district court did not abuse its discretion in determining the drivers 
   were not indispensable. Judge Stras, dissenting.