Legal Opinion

Wallace Hardware Company, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Bill Abrams, Defendant-Appellee

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided July 27, 2000No. 98-5594, 98-5309PublishedCited by 98 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ROSEN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff/Appellant Wallace Hardware Company, Inc. (“Wallace Hardware”) appeals from various District Court rulings in favor of Defendant/Appellee/Cross-Ap-pellant Bill Abrams and his brother, Defendant/Appellee L.D. (“Lonnie”) Abrams. Most significantly, Wallace Hardware contends that the District Court erred by refusing to enforce a Tennessee choice of law provision in a guaranty purportedly executed by the parties. The lower court instead elected to apply Kentucky law, thereby rendering the guaranty invalid and unenforceable, and then awarded…

2Cases cited47 opinions

  1. Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  2. Salve Regina College v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (Uaw), and Local 134, Uaw v. Yard-Man, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
  4. Paul Moore v. City of Paducah Mayor John Penrod Joe Viterisi, Harold Ford, Robert Coleman, and Joe Flynn, Commissioners Robert E. GreenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
  5. Lynn Sinay, David Rosenberg (90-4075) and Aline Halye (91-3051) v. The Lamson & Sessions Company Russell Every John Schulze and Gene BuddCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1991

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3Cited by98 opinions

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  5. Michael Schnuerle v. Insight Communications Company, L.P.Kentucky Supreme Court · 2012

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