· 8/14/1991
Cumberland & Ohio Co. Of Texas, Inc., the Successor Corporation of Herbert Materials, Inc. v. First American National Bank
Citations
- 936 F.2d 846
- 1991 WL 97689
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “where the contract is a Waiver and Release, the releasor who retains the consideration after learning that the agreement is voidable has effectively ratified the release and may not later avoid its terms”
- “In Tennessee, a party who chose to perform under a written agreement for nearly two years was found to have ratified it and was estopped from claiming economic duress to avoid the agreement’s terms.”
- distinguishing economic from physical duress under Tennessee law
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Judges: Kennedy, Martin, Engel
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