Teitelbaum v. Hallmark Cards Inc.

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• holding that Hallmark’s 60-day notice before terminating its exclusive relationship with its distributor was reasonable, as a matter of law, where the evidence was undisputed that the card shop obtained another supplier (American Greeting Card Company
• holding that Hallmark’s 60-day notice before terminating its exclusive relationship with its distributor was reasonable, as a matter of law, where the evidence was undisputed that the card shop obtained another supplier (American Greeting Card Company
• noting that it is “the amount of harm that can be proved by the party who has incurred the loss of a supplier”
• applying G. L. c. 106, § 2-309[3], to an at-will contract for the periodic supply of inventory to the plaintiffs’ greeting card store
• no ch. 93A violation based on a franchisor’s decision to deal with a different distributor
• court held notice reasonable as a matter of law where retailer obtained another full line of inventory and thus incurred no harm

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• USM Corp. v. Arthur D. Little Systems, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1989-11-27· cited 164×
• Schwanbeck v. Federal-Mogul Corp.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-09-23· cited 107×
• Serpa Corp. v. McWane, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1999-12-08· cited 102×
• Cherick Distributors, Inc. v. Polar Corp.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-08-15· cited 34×
• Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc. v. Mylan Laboratories, Inc.
  D. Minnesota· 1996-07-09· cited 31×
• Coburn Supply Company Inc. v. Kohler Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-09-04· cited 20×
• Quinn v. Mar-Lees Seafood, LLC
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-08-07· cited 20×
• Boyle v. Douglas Dynamics, LLC
  D. Massachusetts· 2003-08-29· cited 14×
• Jonibach Management Trust v. Wartburg Enterprises, Inc.
  S.D. Texas· 2015-09-30· cited 13×
• Pharo Distributing Co. v. Stahl
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1989-12-01· cited 11×
• RGJ Associates, Inc. v. Stainsafe, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 2004-01-21· cited 8×
• Intergraph Corp. v. Intel Corp.
  N.D. Alabama· 1998-04-10· cited 5×
• Primarque Products Co., Inc. v. Williams W. & Witt's Prod. Co.
  First Circuit· 2021-02-12· cited 3×
• Palochko v. Reis
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-08-11· cited 2×
• Meddaugh v. WGBH Educational Foundation
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2013-06-19· cited 1×
• Boyle v. Soforenko
  Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div.· 1989-04-27· cited 1×
• Coburn Supply Co v. Kohler Co
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-08-06
• The Serpa v. McWane, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1999-12-08
• Anglo Fabrics Co. v. Town of Webster
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2002-07-01
• Slawsby v. Cifrino
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2003-06-13

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Loranger Construction Corp. v. E. F. Hauserman Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-12-05· cited 149×
• Zapatha v. Dairy Mart, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-08-05· cited 135×
• Spence v. Boston Edison Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-12-15· cited 119×
• Forlano v. Hughes
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-12-13· cited 59×
• Aaron E. Levine & Co., Inc. v. Calkraft Paper Co.
  E.D. Michigan· 1976-04-09· cited 35×
• Edinburg v. Cavers
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-05-19· cited 23×
• Livingston v. George McArthur & Sons, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1954-12-21· cited 2×