Trans-Orient Marine Corporation v. Star Trading & Marine, Inc., and the Republic of the Sudan

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a party may not “create a material issue of fact” by “disputing his own prior sworn testimony”
• stating that a party cannot create a genuine issue of material fact by submitting an affidavit contradicting his own sworn testimony
• finding no genuine issue of material fact where post-trial sworn statements disputed declarant’s prior trial testimony
• stating offer to renew constituted a new contract since the offer to renew was not made on the same terms as the original contract
• “As the district court correctly noted, forbearance to assert a valid claim, if bargained for, is sufficient consideration to support a contract.”
• “[F]orbearance to assert a valid claim, if bargained for, is sufficient consideration to support a contract.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).