John Wood Group USA, Inc. v. Ico, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that LOIs must be carefully drafted to avoid premature formation of formal contract
• noting that an LOI can be binding but holding that the particular LOI in the dispute was not bind ing
• holding letter agreement’s statement that it was “not binding” except for certain provisions, conclusively established that the parties did not intend to be bound as a matter of law
• noting that “there is no issue of partial performance by either party”
• holding letter agreement’s statement that it was “not binding” except for certain provisions, conclusively established that the parties did not intend to be bound as a matter of law
• including those instances where the agreement calls for a A > good faith effort = @ in the negotiations

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).