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· 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

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • 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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