LynkUs Communications, Inc. v. WebMD Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that oral agreement to establish new business to continue indefinitely is barred by the statute of frauds
• noting that Statute applies when intention of parties is that agreement will not be performed within one year
• affirming grant of summary judgment on quan- turn meruit claim where subject matter of claim was covered by express written agreement between the parties
• “the doctrine of part performance does not apply to actions for the recovery of damages for alleged breach of an oral contract within the operation of the statute of frauds.”
• “In the instant case, it is clear ‘from the object to be accomplished ... and the surrounding circumstances’ that the agreement alleged by LynkUs was intended to ‘extend for a longer period than a year.’ ” (quoting Yates)

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