Legal Opinion
General Motors Corp. v. Firepond, Inc.
Massachusetts Superior Court
Decided July 3, 2003No. 014525Published
1Opinion of the CourtBotsford, J.
Beginning in 1994, the plaintiff General Motors (GM) and the defendant Firepond, Inc. (Firepond) contracted for the licensing and provision of certain software and services by Firepond to GM. GM alleges in this case that Firepond violated the 1994 contract (as amended) by improperly repudiating it in March of 2000, and that in the circumstances presented by Firepond’s precipitous action, GM was forced by fraud and duress in April and May of 2000 to execute a release concerning Firepond’s contract repudiation and to enter into another set of agreements with Firepond relating to the continued…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Standard Register Co. v. Bolton-Emerson, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1995
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- International Underwater Contractors, Inc. v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1979
- Powers, Inc. v. Wayside, Inc. of FalmouthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
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