Legal Opinion

Eureka Broadband Corp. v. Wentworth Leasing Corp.

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided March 7, 2005No. 04-1577PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This litigation arises out of a dispute between the parties to a pair of substantially identical finance leases. Following a bench trial, the district court found in favor of the lessee, awarded substantial damages, and dismissed a counterclaim. Resolving the lessor’s appeal requires us to visit precincts bounded by the Uniform Commercial Code (hereinafter variously “UCC” or “Code”) and to explore the intersection between the Code and the common law of fraudulent misrepresentation. Although our analysis differs in some respects from the trial court’s, we nonetheless reach…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. United States v. Ilario M.A. ZanninoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
  2. McCarthy v. AzureCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
  3. United States v. Frances SladeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
  4. Pratt v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
  5. Russell v. Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002

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3Cited by19 opinions

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  3. Baella-Silva v. HulseyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2006
  4. O'Hara v. Diageo-Guinness, USA, Inc.District Court, District of Columbia · 2018
  5. Shaulis v. Nordstrom Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 2015

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