In message <cap-gugxju5mrr8s+morxbrd7odd4mubb_7vdcr0wpd0kc-2...@mail.gmail.com>, William Herrin <b...@herrin.us> wrote:
>On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 1:28 PM Ronald F. Guilmette ><r...@tristatelogic.com> wrote: >> Anybody can claim anything in court. [...] >> I personally believe that ARIN has no legally enforcable obligations to >> any party that it has no explicit contract with. > >Hi Ronald, > >If two parties have a contract with each other (let's say you and your >Internet provider) and a third party does something unreasonable which >obstructs the performance of that contract, the third party has broken >the law. It's called "tortious interference with a contract." I am quite entirely aware of this type of legal claim, and with all due respect, I think that until you are ready to give me your bar number it might be better for you to refrain from attempting to educate me on this topic. It is unambiguously the case that if, three weeks ago or so, I had swooped in and made a $45 billion dollar offer to buy Twitter, thus topping Elon Musk's $44 billion dollar offer, and if I had put that in writing and if I had in fact entered into a contract with Twitter, Inc. to make that purchase, then I would be subject to a colorable claim of tortious interference. Similarly, if I had contracted with Twitter to pay that company, say, $2 billion dollars if they would just simply not agree to be acquired by Elon Musk, then in that case also I would be subject to a colorable claim of tortious interference. Those sets of facts are readily distinguishable however from the case where a party has _no_ binding legal commitments or agreements with the other two parties involved, as in the case of ARIN doing something that might affect some legacy holder and some other party that has a contract with said legacy holder. ARIN has no legal obligations to either party. Either of those two parties could _claim_ tortious interference, but they would lose, because ARIN has no contract, nor any specific legal obligation to either of them. Regards, rfg _______________________________________________ ARIN-PPML You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List (ARIN-PPML@arin.net). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact i...@arin.net if you experience any issues.