· 5/19/2000
National Data Payment Systems, Inc v. Meridian Bank Corestates Financial Corporation
Citations
- 212 F.3d 849
- 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 11083
- 2000 WL 641197
How courts have described this case
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- emphasizing the importance of nonwaiver clauses because they “give parties a low-cost method of resolving some disputes arising under their agreement”
- considering \best efforts\ in the context of appellee's sale of a business to appellant, and holding that it requires diligence and an elevated duty of good faith
- noting a firm deadline was the product of “substantial negotiations” and declining to excuse a party’s “failure to focus on this unambiguous clause in the contract”
- “[W]e believe that Pennsylvania would follow the ‘independently actionable’ approach for § 768 claims.”
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Judges: Aldisert, Alito, Scirica
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