Legal Opinion
Cianbro Corporation v. Curran-Lavoie, Inc., D/B/A Kenneth E. Curran, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 18, 1987No. 86-1680PublishedCited by 137 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSENN, Senior Circuit Judge.
This highly fact intensive case arises out of a dispute over the sale of certain assets and road construction contracts by Curran-Lavoie, Inc. (Curran), a construction company, to Cianbro Corp. (Cianbro), in exchange for a $600,000 promissory note. The district court found that a settlement agreement between the parties resolved all prior disputes, so that Curran could no longer recover a sum of $18,855 it claimed Cianbro owed to it. The district court also found that Cianbro was entitled to “set-off” the disputed amount by withholding two payments due under the…
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