Freedlander, Inc. v. NCNB National Bank of North Carolina

How courts have described this case

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

• denying a duress claim based on an analysis of the party’s opportunity to reflect, to speak with counsel and to pursue other legal remedies
• “If the consideration passing at the time of the release is not returned, or the terms of the release are not challenged once the duress has passed, the release is ratified.”
• “[D]uress is usually marked by immediacy.”
• immediacy is a hallmark of duress

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).