Suggs v. Defranco's, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• “Where essential terms of an agreement remain open, subject to future negotiation, there can be no enforceable contract.”
• to be enforceable, a settlement agreement must reflect assent by the parties to all essential terms; if any remain open, subject to future negotiation, there can be no enforceable contract
• “To be enforceable, an agreement must be sufficiently specific, and reflect assent by the parties to all essential terms.... Where essential terms of an agreement remain open, subject to future negotiation, there can be no enforceable contract.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).