John Hardy v. Reynolds and Reynolds Company

In this diversity contract action, plaintiff John Hardy challenges the ruling of the district court granting summary judgment to his former employer, Reynolds & Reynolds Company. Because the sales commission agreement between the parties gives Reynolds & Reynolds the discretion to modify it, and because Hardy was not responsible for procuring the contested sale through his individual efforts as required by the agreement, we conclude that the district court properly resolved the issue before it. In addition, we hold that the choice-of-law question raised by- the plaintiff for the first time on…