Legal Opinion
Hoffman v. National Equipment Rental, Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 12, 1981No. 79-1743PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALBERT V. BRYAN, Senior Circuit Judge:
This appeal evolves from an action begun on August 6, 1975 in the Federal Court for the Southern District of West Virginia by Arnold F. Hoffman, a citizen dairy farmer in that State, and his wife, Mary, against National Equipment Rental, Ltd. (NER), a Delaware corporation. As ultimately tried, their complaint alleged breach of warranty and usury under a lease of 21 dairy cows by NER’s assignor.1
NER not only denied liability of any kind, but counterclaimed on the basis of a judgment entered July 11,1975, by the Supreme Court of the State of New York,…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- The Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Grannis v. OrdeanSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- National Equipment Rental, Ltd. v. SzukhentSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Pimpinello v. Swift & Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1930
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Mercury Coal & Coke, Inc., a West Virginia Corporation v. Mannesmann Pipe and Steel Corporation, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1982
- Karlberg European Tanspa, Inc. v. JK-Josef Kratz Vertriebsgesellschaft mbHDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1985
- Sterling Forest Associates, Ltd. v. Barnett-Range Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1988
- Richardson Engineering Co. v. International Business MacHines Corp.District Court, D. Vermont · 1981
- United States v. Pryor Bolton and Glenn McCullah D/B/A Pryor & Glenn Coal CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
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