Entergy Mississippi, Inc. v. Burdette Gin Co.

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• finding procedural unconscionability where signatory “was unable to contract with another party since [plaintiff] was sole supplier of electricity in the area”
• finding customer-service agreement containing indemnity clause was a contract of adhesion, because Entergy was only energy provider in the area and refused to negotiate agreements with its customers
• “To show that a provision is conscionable, the party seeking to uphold the provision must show that the provision bears some reasonable relationship to the risks and needs of the business.”
• where no evidence was put forth regarding the comparative business savvy of the contracting parties, “it is reasonable to assume that a large company such as Entergy holds the advantage in that respect”
• where no evidence was put forth regarding the comparative business savvy of the contracting parties, “it is reasonable to assume that a large company such as Entergy holds the advantage in that respect”
• “[T]he indemnity clause was procedurally unconscionable and therefore unenforceable.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).