Cabot Corp. v. AVX Corp.

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• discussing and apply ing doctrine of economic duress under contract law
• where a contract’s language is unambiguous, its interpretation is a question of law that may be resolved on summary judgment
• “Absent any legally cognizable restraint, [a party is] free to drive whatever bargain the market would bear”

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Cited by

89 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Noonan v. Staples, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2009-02-13· cited 294×
• Wilson v. HSBC Mortgage Services, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2014-02-14· cited 123×
• Boston Medical Center Corp. v. Secretary of the Executive Office of Health & Human Services
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-09-14· cited 63×
• Premier Capital, LLC v. KMZ, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-03-07· cited 43×
• Nguyen v. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-05-07· cited 37×
• Green v. Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2011-03-03· cited 18×
• Laudani v. Tribeca Lending Corp. (In Re Laudani)
  D. Massachusetts· 2009-01-16· cited 17×
• Charara v. Yatim
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-11-23· cited 17×
• Okoli v. Okoli
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2012-03-06· cited 17×
• Bistany v. PNC BANK, NA
  D. Massachusetts· 2008-11-07· cited 10×
• Pilalas v. The Cadle Co
  First Circuit· 2012-09-12· cited 9×
• Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority v. Boston Carmen's Union, Local 589
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-06-04· cited 6×
• Noonan v. Staples, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2008-08-21· cited 5×
• Society of the Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Inc. v. Archbishop Gregory
  D. Massachusetts· 2010-02-18· cited 5×
• Eswarappa v. Shed Inc./kid's Club
  D. Massachusetts· 2010-02-18· cited 5×
• University of Pennsylvania v. Halpern
  Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div.· 2009-09-15· cited 5×
• Farnsworth v. Towboat Nantucket Sound, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 2014-07-28· cited 3×
• Constantine v. Lawnicki
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2007-08-13· cited 3×
• Carr v. Entercom Boston, LLC
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2007-09-19· cited 3×
• AVX Corp. v. Cabot Corp.
  D. Massachusetts· 2009-03-05· cited 2×

Cites

32 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Kourouvacilis v. General Motors Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-07-23· cited 2,301×
• Augat, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-05-14· cited 450×
• Schwanbeck v. Federal-Mogul Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-05-27· cited 198×
• Coveney v. President & Trustees of the College of the Holy Cross
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-01-19· cited 155×
• 805 Third Ave. Co. v. M.W. Realty Associates
  New York Court of Appeals· 1983-03-31· cited 140×
• Rhode Island Hospital Trust National Bank v. Varadian
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-04-05· cited 128×
• Seaco Insurance v. Barbosa
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-02-05· cited 106×
• Willett v. Herrick
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1927-03-09· cited 67×
• Ismert and Associates, Inc. v. New England Mutual Life Insurance Company
  First Circuit· 1986-09-19· cited 63×
• Urban Plumbing & Heating Co., an Oregon Corporation v. The United States
  Court of Claims· 1969-03-14· cited 62×
• W. R. Grimshaw Company and National Surety Corporation v. Nevil C. Withrow Co., Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 1957-11-15· cited 58×
• Frank B. Abbadessa v. Moore Business Forms, Inc., Robert D. Mariotti v. Moore Business Forms, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1993-03-02· cited 57×
• In Re Boston Shipyard Corp., Debtor. Appeal of Boston Shipyard Corp
  First Circuit· 1989-09-27· cited 54×
• International Underwater Contractors, Inc. v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1979-09-12· cited 53×
• Struck Construction Co. v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1942-05-04· cited 49×
• Barnette v. Wells Fargo Nevada National Bank
  Supreme Court· 1926-04-12· cited 47×
• Strickland Tower Maintenance, Inc., an Oklahoma Corporation v. At&t Communications, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Cross-Appellee
  Tenth Circuit· 1997-11-04· cited 40×
• VKK Corp. v. National Football League
  Second Circuit· 2001-03-14· cited 38×
• Champagne v. Commissioner of Correction
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-07-11· cited 36×
• Dorn v. ASTRA USA
  D. Massachusetts· 1997-07-30· cited 30×

Other cases named Cabot Corp. v. AVX Corp.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Cabot Corp. v. AVX Corp.
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2004-06-18