Architectural Metal Systems, Incorporated v. Consolidated Systems, Incorporated

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the quotation specifying items to be sold, the quantity, and price of each item precluded summary judgment as to whether the quote constituted an offer
• “A person can prevent his [price quote] from being treated as an offer by suitable language conditioning the formation of a contract on some further step . . . such as approval by corporate headquarters.”
• “A lack of essential detail would negate ... a belief [that an acceptance could bind the offeror], since the sender could not reasonably be expected to empower the recipient to bind him to a contract of unknown terms.”
• “A lack of essential detail would negate . . . a belief [that an acceptance could bind the offeror], since the sender could not reasonably be expected to empower the recipient to bind him to a contract of unknown terms.”

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