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Benz Farm, LLP v. Cavendish Farms, Inc.

Docket No. 20110025
Oral Argument: Thursday, May 5, 2011 1:30pm

Docket Info

Title
Benz Farm, LLP, Plaintiff and Appellant
v.
Cavendish Farms, Inc., Defendant and Appellee
Case Type
CIVIL APPEAL : CONTRACTS
Appeal From
Case No. 09-C-00046
Southeast Judicial District, Stutsman County
Daniel D. Narum
2011 ND 184803 N.W.2d 818
Oral Argument 5/5/2011

Highlight

A provision in a written contract for the sale of goods precluding oral modification or rescission of the parties' agreement is valid and enforceable.
The Unlawful Sales or Advertising Practices Act prohibits deceptive and fraudulent conduct by the seller of merchandise; it does not apply to, or create a cause of action against, a purchaser of merchandise.
When leave to amend the complaint is sought after discovery has closed and the opposing party has made a motion for summary judgment, the proposed amendment must be not only theoretically viable but also solidly grounded in the record, and the amendment is classified as futile unless its allegations are supported by substantial evidence.

Briefs

Filing Date Description
02/24/2011 APPELLANT BRIEF View
03/29/2011 APPELLEE BRIEF View
04/12/2011 REPLY BRIEF View

Counsel

Party Type Name
APPELLEE PRIVATE PRACTICE Todd Ervin Zimmerman - 05459
APPELLEE PRIVATE PRACTICE Benjamin John Hasbrouck - 06107
APPELLANT PRIVATE PRACTICE Rudra Tamm - 06103

(Note: Attachments may not be available for recently filed cases and/or confidential documents.)

Seq. # Filing Date Description Attachment
1 01/20/2011 NOTICE OF APPEAL : 01/18/2011
2 02/24/2011 APPELLANT BRIEF View
3 02/24/2011 APPELLANT APPENDIX
4 02/25/2011 RECORD ON APPEAL (entry nos. 1 - 55 hard copies, nos. 56 - 90 electronically filed).
5 03/08/2010 ATB corrections not received; distributed to Court in uncorrected condition
6 03/29/2011 APPELLEE BRIEF View
7 03/29/2011 APPELLEE APPENDIX
8 03/30/2011 DISK-AEB (CD-ROM)
9 04/12/2011 REPLY BRIEF View
10 04/12/2011 DISK-RYB (e-mailed)
11 04/12/2011 Addendum to Reply Brief
12 04/18/2011 NOTICE OF ORAL ARGUMENT SENT (see folder)
13 05/03/2011 1st Supplemental Clerk's Electronic Certificate on Appeal (entry nos. 91 - 97)
14 05/05/2011 APPEARANCES: Rudra Tamm; Benjamin J. Hasbrouck
15 05/05/2011 ARGUED: Rudra Tamm; Benjamin J. Hasbrouck
16 05/05/2011 ORAL ARGUMENT WEBCAST
17 09/15/2011 DISPOSITION
18 09/15/2011 UNANIMOUS OPINION : VandeWalle, Gerald W. View
19 09/15/2011 Costs on appeal taxed in favor of appellee
20 09/16/2011 Judgment Sent to Parties
21 09/26/2011 PETITION FOR REHEARING View
22 09/26/2011 DISK-PER (E-MAILED)
23 10/18/2011 ACTION BY SUPREME COURT - PER - Denied
24 11/01/2011 MANDATE
25 11/04/2011 RECEIPT SIGNED BY DISTRICT COURT CLERK'S OFFICE
26 06/21/2021 EXPUNGED - Nonpermanent record items destroyed