St. Benedict's Development Company, a General Partnership, Plaintiff and Appellant v. St. Benedict's Hospital, A…

Summary

The court affirmed dismissal of the claims based on an implied restrictive covenant and tortious interference, because the contracts did not plainly or necessarily impose the requested restriction and the complaint did not allege improper purpose or improper means. It vacated dismissal of the claims for breach of express contractual duties and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, holding that the allegations plausibly stated those claims. The court applied a deferential pleading assumption but reviewed the legal sufficiency of the dismissal without deference.