Caldwell Wholesale Company, Inc. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company

After R.J. Reynolds terminated its direct-distributor relationship with Plaintiff Caldwell Wholesale, Caldwell sued, alleging tortious interference with business and violations of the Louisiana Unfair Trade Practices Act. Emmett authored R.J. Reynolds’s motion to dismiss and reply in support of the same, which resulted in a complete victory for R.J. Reynolds at the very outset of the case in the trial court. Caldwell appealed the trial court’s decision, and Emmett represented R.J. Reynolds before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which affirmed the trial court’s judgment.