Legal Opinion
Great Western Sugar Co. v. Lone Star Donut Co.
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided July 8, 1983No. Civ. A. CA 3-81-1429-GPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
FISH, District Judge.
The central question on defendant’s motion for summary judgment is whether a letter prepared by plaintiff, which is denominated a written confirmation, operates to take the contract alleged to exist between the parties out of the statute of frauds, Tex.Bus. & Com.Code Ann. § 2.201(a) (Vernon 1968).
Nature of the Dispute
Great Western Sugar Company (hereafter “GWS”) complains that Lone Star Do-nut Company (hereafter “Lone Star”) breached a contract that Lone Star would buy, and GWS would sell, 15,240 hundredweight of sugar during the months of December,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Luria Brothers & Co., Inc. v. Pielet Brothers Scrap Iron & Metal, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
- Richland Plantation Company v. Justiss-Mears Oil Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- J. B. Watkins v. Petro-Search, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Southwestern Stationery and Bank Supply, Inc., an Oklahoma Corporation v. Harris Corporation, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
- Transammonia Export Corporation, Cross v. Conserv, Inc., CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Adams v. Petrade International, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1988
- Kline Iron & Steel Co. v. Gray Communications Consultants, Inc.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1989
- GPL Treatment, Ltd. v. Louisiana-Pacific Corp.Oregon Supreme Court · 1996
- The Great Western Sugar Company v. Lone Star Donut CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- GPL Treatment, Ltd. v. Louisiana-Pacific Corp.Court of Appeals of Oregon · 1995
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