Legal Opinion

Dempsey v. Stauffer

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided November 28, 1962No. Nos. 13868, 13869PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LANE, District Judge.

This is an action for breach of contract brought by plaintiffs, S. Curtis Dempsey and Alice E. Dempsey (appellants in No. 13,868) against defendants, Charles W. Stauffer and Violet M. Stauf-fer (appellants in No. 13,869) and James E. Lawrence and Ruth B. Lawrence. The jurisdictional requisite of diversity is present and the law of Pennsylvania is applicable.

The issues before this court pertain to the determination of the District Court that (1) there was a bad faith breach of contract for which (2) plaintiffs are entitled to recoup principal installment payments made…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. United States v. CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND, ETC.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1944
  2. Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.'s AssessmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
  3. Kaemmerling's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  4. Berger v. Public Parking Authority of PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
  5. Seidlek v. BradleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. State Distributors, Inc. v. Glenmore Distilleries Company and Foreign Vintages, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1984
  2. Martin v. MaldonadoAlaska Supreme Court · 1977
  3. Klapmeier v. Telecheck International, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
  4. Office of the United States Trustee v. Zimmerman (In Re Zimmerman)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2005
  5. Wentworth v. Air Line Pilots AssociationDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1975

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