Legal Opinion
Shurgard Storage Centers v. Lipton-U. City, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 12, 2005No. 03-3824PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
Lipton-U. City, LLC (“Lipton”) and Shurgard Storage Centers (“Shurgard”) entered into a lease agreement with a purchase option. Shurgard subsequently discovered a major problem with the price term of the agreement when Lipton attempted to exercise it. Shurgard sought reformation or rescission of the sale provision. After a trial on the merits, the district court 1 ordered rescission finding the disputed contract term to be unconscionable. Judgment was entered in Shurgard’s favor and Lipton now appeals. We affirm.
I. Background
In 1996, a representative of Lipton contacted…
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