· 11/1/1989
Albert J. Wood v. R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company and Donnelley Receivables
Citations
- 888 F.2d 313
- 10 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d (West) 468
- 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 16292
- 1989 WL 128569
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- remarking that “Pennsylvania considers this independence necessary to preserve the basic policy of letter of credit law, namely to ensure prompt payment to sellers”
- “the basic policy of letter of credit law” is “to ensure prompt payment to sellers”
- “The essential function of this device is to assure a party to an agreement that he will receive the benefits of his performance.”
- “The utility of the letter would be destroyed were it made to rely on the customer’s credit, rather than the issuer’s.”
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Judges: Sloviter, Greenberg, Fisher
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