In Re Julian Fernandez v. the State of Texas

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• holding that parties did not form Rule 68 agreement where the plaintiffs purported acceptance did not \sufficiently reflect\ the defendant's offer and \therefore does not amount to an acceptance\
• finding that the offeror may clarify an incomplete or ambiguous Rule 68 offer before acceptance, and after it has done so, the plaintiff may not accept the offer in reliance on the original terms
• stating that an offeror may clarify an ambiguous Rule 68 offer
• applying “contract principles . . . to a Rule 68 offer of judgment”
• Rule 68 judgment is contractual in nature and depends on mutual assent to terms of offer
• Rule 68 judgment is contractual in nature and depends on mutual assent to terms of offer

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