Legal Opinion
Adjustrite Systems, Inc., Stuart J. Orr, and Lu Elliott v. Gab Business Services, Inc. And Intermodal Technical Systems, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 29, 1998No. 334, Docket 96-9715PublishedCited by 153 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHIN, District Judge:
In this ease, the parties agreed to the transfer of some $1 million in assets and signed an informal two-page document to memorialize their agreement. The two-page document, however, provided for the execution of a “sales agreement contract” as well as other agreements. These additional agreements were never executed.
The issue thus presented is whether, by signing the two-page document, the parties entered into a binding contract or whether they merely signed an unenforceable agreement to agree. The district court held that the parties’ preliminary agreement was an…
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