· 6/7/1991
Caruso v. Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co.
Citations
- 765 F. Supp. 144
- 1991 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7841
- 57 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 40,998
- 64 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1337
- 1991 WL 104299
How courts have described this case
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- finding that the Texas Supreme Court would hold that an e-mail with a signature block constitutes a signed writing
- predicting that the Texas Supreme Court would hold that a series of e-mails satisfies Rule 11’s “in writing” requirement, including e-mails exchanged by agents or attorneys of the parties
- predicting that the Texas Supreme Court Memorandum Opinion and Order – Page 15 would hold that a series of e-mails satisfies Rule 11’s “in writing” requirement, including e-mails exchanged by agents or attorneys of the parties
- making an Eerie guess that a manually typed name on an email or an automatically attached signature block to an email constitutes an electronic signature
- venturing an “Erie guess” that the Texas Supreme Court would consider typed names and signature blocks in emails as signatures
- discussing legal effect of email signature under Uniform Electronic Transactions Act and citing cases
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Judges: Patterson
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