Trein,IncEntered into a One-Year,$1 Million Contract with Mia,a Sports Celebrity,to

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Trein,Inc.entered into a one-year,$1 million contract with Mia,a sports celebrity,to promote Trein's products.E-presto Inc. ,a competitor of Trein,was interested in having Mia promote its products but knew of her contract with Trein.E-presto offered Mia a three-year,$5 million contract.Mia left Trein and signed with E-presto.If Trein sues E-presto for tortious interference with a contract,E-presto

• A)will be able to establish a justification since E-presto was acting to protect an existing economic interest.
• B)will be able to establish a justification because,in talking to Mia,E-presto was exercising its First Amendment freedom of speech.
• C)will be able to establish a justification because to decide otherwise would subject Mia to involuntary servitude.
• D)will not be able to establish a justification.

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Planters

Wealthy landowners in agricultural economies who owned and controlled large plantations and the labor, often enslaved, that worked them.

Slave-Labor System

A system where individuals are forced into labor without pay, typically under harsh conditions.

Slaveholders

Individuals or entities that owned slaves, historically participating in the practice of human bondage and forced labor, a widely condemned violation of human rights.

Nonslaveholders

Individuals or households in slaveholding societies that did not own slaves, often due to economic reasons, ethical beliefs, or both.