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· 7/20/1999

Westside-Marrero Jeep Eagle, Inc. v. Chrysler Corp.

Citations

  • 56 F. Supp. 2d 694
  • 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11110
  • 1999 WL 518848

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  • noting that parties subject to waiver were experienced businesspeople who had entered numerous contracts
  • “clearly written … block print” waiver provisions “just above the signature line” sufficiently conspicuous
  • “[P]laintiffs clearly felt considerable pressure to obtain financing for the Laplace dealership. But they have produced no evidence that they could not have gone elsewhere for financing had they found CFC’s terms oppressive.”
  • “To invalidate a waiver 22 provision, . . . the bargaining differential must be the kind of ‘extreme bargaining 23 disadvantage’ or ‘gross disparity in bargaining position’ that occurs only in certain 24 exceptional situations.”
  • noting relevant clauses were “just above the signature line”

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Judges: Duval

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