United States Ex Rel. Trane Co. v. Bond

MURPHY, Chief Judge.

This case has been certified to us by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, pursuant to the Maryland Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act, Maryland Code (1974, 1989 Repl.Vol.), §§ 12-601 — 12-609 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article. 1 The question of state law presented is “[w]hether a party whose consent to entering a contract is coerced may assert the defense of duress against a party who neither knew of nor participated in the infliction of the coercive acts.”

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The statement of facts outlined by the federal district court in…