Schlumberger Technology Corp. v. Swanson

How courts have described this case

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• holding that to establish partnership, plaintiff must show community of interest in venture, agreement to share profits and losses, and mutual control or management
• holding that clear and unequivocal language is necessary to bar fraudulent inducement claim
• stating that parties should be able to “bargain for” agreement that precludes further disputes between them
• concerning a once-and-for-all settlement agreement over a seafloor mining operation by which parties attempted to put an end to their dispute
• construing a release under contract interpretation rules, upholding release and noting various factors established it was an arm’s length transaction
• describing fraud by non- disclosure as a subcategory of common-law fraud, which includes as an element inducement by misrepresentation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).