Southwest Engineering Co., Inc. v. Martin Tractor Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding, in the context of a contract for the sale of goods, that a printed name constituted a signature for purposes of the UCC
• stating in dicta that § 2-207 applies where open offer is accepted by expression of acceptance in writing or where oral agreement is later confirmed in writing
• refusing to uphold a shrinkwrap license agreement as an amendment to the parties’ contract
• proposed post-sale change in terms of sales agreement had no legal effect because other party did not accept the change
• justification for breach asserted months after breach was “primarily an afterthought, for use as an escape hatch”
• in a contract for the sale of goods a printed name operates as a signature under the UCC

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).