Legal Opinion

Opus Corporation, a Minnesota Corporation v. International Business MacHines Corporation, a New York Corporation

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided April 20, 1998No. 97-3432PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KOPF, District Judge.

Opus Corporation (Opus) appeals from the district court’s 2 decision to grant summary judgment in favor of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). Opus presents two issues on appeal: (1) Did the district court err when it construed “all recourse obligations” to mean secondary obligations, and (2) Did the district court err in granting summary judgment on Opus’s claim that IBM breached its fiduciary duty as managing partner? After careful consideration, we conclude that the district court’s decision was correct and we affirm.

I. Background

Because we have the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

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  2. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. Johnson v. Enron Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
  5. Turner v. Alpha Phi Sorority HouseSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1979

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Pinkham v. United States (In Re Pinkham)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Missouri · 1998
  2. Augustine Medical, Inc. v. Progressive Dynamics, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1999
  3. Augustine Medical, Inc. v. Progressive DynamicsCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1999

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