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· 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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