Hotel Credit Card Corp. v. American Express Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtBreitel, J.
The question in this case is the duration of one of several obligations, in connection with its credit-card system, undertaken by the American Express Company to plaintiffs. They are corporations representing some 5,300 hotels, of which some 3,500 have entered into individual contracts with Express. (Also joined as a plaintiff, is a member hotel corporation.)
The obligations in suit were set forth in written agreements between the parties. The hotels contend that the duration of a certain Option III is indefinite, that is, it subsists for as long as Express is in the credit-card business.…
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