· 4/10/1997
Frank Felix Associates, Ltd. v. Austin Drugs, Inc.
Citations
- 111 F.3d 284
- 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 6647
- 1997 WL 175100
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- stating that right of set-off is at “the sole and absolute discretion” of Plaintiff
- applying USCA11 Case: 20-11266 Date Filed: 02/15/2022 Page: 46 of 47 46 Opinion of the Court 20-11266 New York Law
- reasoning at 287 that, under a rule requiring strict compliance with the accord, the obligee “could obtain payment of a contested debt and, due to a minor breach of the accord, receive the windfall entitlement to reassert its pre-settlement claims” (Emphasis added.)
- reasoning at 287 that, under a rule requiring strict compliance with the accord, the obligee “could obtain payment of a contested debt and, due to a minor breach of the accord, receive the windfall entitlement to reassert its pre- settlement claims” (Emphasis added.)
- “New York law would require an ex-ecutory accord to be materially breached before pre-settlement claims may be reinstated.”
- “Under New York law, for a breach of a contract to be material, it must ‘go to the root of the agreement between the parties.’”
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Judges: Cardamone, Parker, Wexler
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