· 9/19/1986
Ismert and Associates, Inc. v. New England Mutual Life Insurance Company
Citations
- 801 F.2d 536
- 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 30934
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- noting cases that view a party’s representation by counsel as relevant to duress claims
- “Courts have consistently held that the presence of an adequate legal remedy undermines claims of economic duress.”
- “a contract will arise if conduct by the original offeror following receipt of the late acceptance amounts to an acceptance of the counteroffer”
- presence of an adequate legal remedy undermines claims of economic duress
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Judges: Coffin, Breyer, Maletz
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