Legal Opinion

Winthrop Resources Corporation, a Minnesota Corporation v. The Stanley Works, a Connecticut Corporation

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided August 1, 2001No. 00-2867PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

In 1991, The Stanley Works guaranteed a lease of computer equipment from Winthrop Resources Corporation to Taylor Rental Corporation and its successive assignees, which came to include General Rental, Inc. (GR). Following GR’s default on lease payments for equipment rented in 1996 and 1997, Winthrop sued to collect the debt from Stanley. After a bench trial, the district court 1 held that the defaulted lease payments were outside the scope of the guaranty and entered judgment for Stanley. ' We affirm.

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Winthrop buys computer equipment and then leases that…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  2. John Morrell & Company v. Local Union 304a of the United Food and Commercial Workers, Afl-Cio United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Afl-Cio and Clc Dennis Foster, Individually and in His Capacity as President of Local 304a James R. Lyons, Individually and in His Capacity as Business Representative and Corresponding Secretary of Local 304a John Doe and Other Persons Unknown, John Morrell & Company, a Corporation v. Local Union 304a of the United Food and Commercial Workers, Afl-Cio and Clc United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Afl-Cio and ClcCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
  3. Independent School District No. 877 v. Loberg Plumbing & Heating Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1963
  4. Nicollet Restoration, Inc. v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1995
  5. Porous Media Corporation v. Midland Brake, Inc., a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2000

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Schedin v. Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2012
  2. Peter Donovan v. Harrah's Maryland Heights Corporation, a Nevada CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2002
  3. Donald G. Cousineau v. Norstan, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2003
  4. S & a Farms, Inc. v. Farms. Com, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2012
  5. Teska v. Potlatch Corp.District Court, D. Minnesota · 2002

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