Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Ass'n v. Concord EFS, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• allowing recovery for third parties who are meant to receive the benefit of the contract, but not for those who merely receive an incidental benefit
• outlining difference between intended beneficiary of a contract that “may enforce a contract” and an incidental beneficiary that “acquires no right to enforce the contract.” (citations omitted)
• “Under subsection (b) [of part 3], the analysis more directly centers upon whether the promise actually intends to confer a benefit upon the third party.”
• “[C]ourts should honor any expression of intent by the parties to reserve to themselves the benefits of the contract.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).