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· 7/7/1976

Heggblade-Marguleas-Tenneco, Inc. v. Sunshine Biscuit, Inc.

Citations

  • 59 Cal. App. 3d 948
  • 131 Cal. Rptr. 183
  • 19 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. (West) 1067
  • 1976 Cal. App. LEXIS 1687

How courts have described this case

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

  • Usage in the potato-processing trade that the amount specified in the contract was merely an estimate of buyer's requirements was admissible
  • \[P]ersons carrying on a particular trade are deemed to be aware of prominent trade customs applicable to their industry.\
  • ‘[P]ersons 13 carrying on a particular trade are deemed to be aware of prominent trade customs applicable to their 14 industry.’
  • trade usage evidence allowed despite apparently unambiguous contract terms, because the “contracts in question [were] silent about the applicability of the usage.”

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Judges: Franson

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