Legal Opinion
Langer v. Iowa Beef Packers, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 2, 1970No. Nos. 19618, 19619PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
Two issues are raised on this appeal1 from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa: (1) Is a stock option agreement which provides that the option shall terminate if the optionee ceases to be an employer of the optionor “for any reason, whether voluntarily, [or] involuntarily” terminated by the optionor’s sale of a part of the assets of its business including the op-tionee’s employment contract? The District Court held in the affirmative as a matter of Law. We reverse. (2) Was there sufficient evidence of an arrangement to pay a bonus for the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Lavender v. KurnSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Hamilton v. WosepkaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1967
- Eddy v. Prudence Bonds CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
- Maytag Company v. AlwardSupreme Court of Iowa · 1962
- Lucas v. Seagrave CorporationDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1967
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Donald R. Scribner v. Worldcom, Inc., a Georgia CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- Charlie Craig v. Bemis Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Havner H. Parish, Jr. v. Dwayne E. HowardCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
- Shaw v. KruidenierDistrict Court, S.D. Iowa · 1979
- Haft v. Dart Group Corp.District Court, D. Delaware · 1995
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