Lee v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
943 F.2d 554 · 1991
Citation profile
21
cited by 21 later decisions
August 1998
most recently cited
17 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. Shipman · Gaines v. Hamman · Fitz-Gerald v. Hull · Thigpen v. Locke · MacDonald v. Follett
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“Crim Truck held: [t]he fact that one businessman trusts another, and relies upon his promise to perform a contract, does not give rise to a confidential relationship. According to Lee, the facts also show that Lee and Wal-Mart had repeatedly dealt informally with each other in a series of similar transactions over a period of ten years. Crim Truck held: Neither is the fact that the relationship has been a cordial one, of long duration, evidence of a confidential relationship____ Crim Truck reaffirmed that a party to a contract is free to pursue its own interests, even if it results in a breach of that contract, without incurring tort liability____ By analogy, then, a party to a business relationship should be free to pursue its own interests in negotiating leases, even if the negotiations result in a perceived bad deal for the other party, without incurring tort liability.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“parties' positions, harmonized for purposes of self-interest, were yet naturally antagonistic.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“relationship based on repeated transactions”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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