The lawsuit against Lockheed, accusing it of wrongful interference with a contract, was bogged down in court for years over jurisdictional disputes.

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These causes of actions include breach of contract, intentional interference with contractual relations, and defamation.

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He is claiming interference with his rights to free speech and religious liberty and breach of contract, the institute said.

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He is claiming interference with his rights to free speech and religious liberty, and breach of contract.

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The CDA has most frequently been used as a defense against claims of defamation, but the broad immunity provided by the mighty CDA has also barred claims of false information, negligence, gross negligence, misrepresentation, invasion of privacy, misappropriation, fraud, breach of contract, unfair competition, emotional distress, nuisance, tortious interference with business relations, tortious interference with business expectancy, violation of civil rights, money laundering, threats, discriminatory statements, waste of public funds, nuisance, premises liability and denial of substantive due process.

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