Legal Opinion
Crellin Technologies, Inc. v. Equipmentlease Corp.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 8, 1994No. 93-1615PublishedCited by 188 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal teaches that, just as “negotiations and love songs are often mistaken for one and the same,” Paul Simon, Train in the Distance, on Negotiations and Love Songs (Warner Bros, Records 1981), so, too, negotiations and binding contracts readily can be confused. The lyrics follow.
I. BACKGROUND
Plaintiff-appellant Crellin Technologies, Inc. (Cretco), a Rhode Island corporation, sells, rents, services, and provides parts for lift trucks and other materials handling equipment. In 1990, Crellin suffered from a serious cash flow malady. In order to stanch the financial…
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