Kreisher v. Mobil Oil Corp.
California Court of Appeal
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
POCHÉ, J.
The primary issue presented is this: Are judicial decisions holding that a contracting party’s right to refuse consent to an assignment must be exercised in accordance with standards of commercial reasonableness and good faith to be retroactively applied to a situation where a contrary rule prevailed at the time all actions which subsequently formed the basis for this litigation occurred? Our answer is no.
Background and Procedural History
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2Cases cited52 opinions
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