State v. Lillemo

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• holding that to extent bank’s letter constituted a contract, it was terminable at will because it had no defined duration
• recognizing that a signature card constitutes a contract between a bank and its customer and finding that the bank customer accepted bank rules and regulations when the signature card specifically referred to those rules and regulations
• recognizing that a signature card constitutes a contract between a bank and its customer and finding that the bank customer accepted bank rules and regulations when the signature card specifically referred to those rules and regulations
• holding that plaintiffs’ claim that they could have taken their business elsewhere was not enough to establish detriment from reliance; in order to prevail, plaintiffs needed to show that they lost an opportunity to secure what they were seeking perpetually from another institution
• upholding summary judgment where “[a]ny claimed reliance that the [plaintiffs] may have had on the alleged promise to maintain forever the original terms of the account would have been unreasonable.”
• under Maryland law “an enforceable contract must express with definiteness and certainty the nature and extent of the parties’ obligations”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).