Legal Opinion

Charbonnages De France v. Frank B. Smith, Juanita Smith, Frank Smith, Jr., Smith Brothers Construction Company and Continental Coal Sales Corporation

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided May 3, 1979No. 77-2205PublishedCited by 696 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff appeals from the grant of summary judgment in favor of three individual and two corporate defendants against whom it had brought a diversity action alleging breach of contract and tortious interference with contractual relationships. The district court concluded as a matter of law that on certain undisputed facts before it on the defendants’ motions for summary judgment no contract had come into existence between the alleged contracting parties so that there had been no breach and no tortious interference. Because summary judgment was not proper on the record…

2Cases cited17 opinions

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Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
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Phoenix Savings and Loan, Inc. v. The Aetna Casualty and Surety CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967

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3Cited by696 opinions

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