American Seating Co. v. Zell
Cases that cite this one
9 later published cases cite this decision.
- Le John Manufacturing Company v. Dwight Webb, Jr. (D.C. Cir. 1955)
- Mitchell v. Flintkote Co. (2d Cir. 1951)
- Ricardo Garza v. Marine Transport Lines, Inc., and Third-Party v. Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corporation, Third-Party (2d Cir. 1988)
- Bersani v. GEN. ACC. FIRE CORP. (N.Y. 1975)
- Bersani v. General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corp. (N.Y. 1975)
- Bowen v. Merdinger (New York Supreme Court 1949)
- Bradley v. American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp. (District Court, S.D. New York 1946)
- O'Connor v. Hudson River Day Line (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1945)
- American Seating Company v. Lucian T. Zell (Supreme Court of the United States 1944)
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Opinion of the Court
In this case two members of the Court think that the judgment of the Circuit Court of Appeals should be affirmed. Seven are of opinion that the judgment should be reversed and the judgment of the District Court affirmed — four because proof of the contract alleged in respondent’s affidavits on the motion for summary judgment is precluded by the applicable state parol evidence rule, and three because the contract is contrary to public policy and void, see Tool Company v. Norris, 2 Wall. 45, 54; Hazelton v. Sheckells, 202 U. S. 71, 79; Executive Order No. 9001, Tit. II, par. 5, 6 Fed. Reg. 6788; War Department Procurement Regulations, 10 Code Fed. Reg. (Cum. Supp.) § 81.1181. The judgment of the Circuit Court of Appeals is reversed. Mr. William Dwight Whitney, with whom Mr. Albert B. Connelly was
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