Ranch v. Farm Credit Bank of Omaha

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that an express contract requires a “definite proposal and an unconditional and absolute acceptance”
• affirming, on different grounds, a district court’s order granting summary judgment
• this court may affirm grant of summary judgment on any ground available to trial court, even if it is not same reasoning relied upon below
• where acceptance differs from offer and is coupled with any condition that varies or adds to offer, it is not acceptance; rather, it is counteroffer
• if a trial court arrives at the correct result even though it uses a reason different from that expressed by an appellate court, its judgment will still be upheld

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).