Legal Opinion
Leasco Corporation, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Peter T. Taussig
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 12, 1972No. 921, Docket 72-1556PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TIMBERS, Circuit Judge:
The essential questions presented on this appeal from a judgment for damages in amount of $669,000, entered in this diversity action in favor of plaintiff Leasco Corporation against defendant Peter T. Taussig, following a 4 day non-jury trial in the Southern District of New York, Harold L. Tyler, District Judge, are the propriety of the district court’s rulings that defendant’s claim of rescission based on mutual mistake and misrepresentation was without merit; that defendant had breached his agreement to purchase the stock of one of plaintiff’s subsidiaries; and that,…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Richard Shemtob v. Shearson, Hammill & Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- E. & F. Construction Co. v. Town of StamfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1932
- Wittenberg v. RobinovNew York Court of Appeals · 1961
- Sheridan Drive-In, Inc. v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1962
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3Cited by48 opinions
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- Richard W. Shear v. The National Rifle Association of America, a New York CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
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