Nodak Oil Co., a North Dakota Corporation v. Mobil Oil Corp., a Foreign Corporation

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• noting that under North Dakota law, an action for wrongfully inducing a breach of contract may be maintained only by proving that the breach was induced by direct fraud or coercion on the part of the defendant
• in diversity case, issue whether a new trial should be granted based on excessiveness of damages is matter of federal law
• in diversity case, issue whether a new trial should be granted based on excessiveness of damages is matter of federal law
• \The district court was correct in its statement of the general rule that a misrepresentation of law is not actionable fraud in tort.\
• the court properly granted a conditional new trial since where the actual damages were 22 $700, a punitive damages award of $100,000 was shocking

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