Read APS Capital Corp. v. Mesa Air Group Inc., 08-50770

In a breach of contract action regarding the resale of trade claims and bank debt, summary judgment for defendant is vacated where: 1) the agreement was ambiguous and required extrinsic evidence to be interpreted; and 2) defendant did not produce sufficient evidence of industry standards to show that the agreement could not be definite enough to be enforceable.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/20/2009
• Published 08/20/2009

Judges

• PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James Joseph Scheske (argued), Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Austin, TX, Heather Lynn Peckham, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Geoffrey Robert Unger, Juan M Alcala (argued), Meghan Leigh Paulk Ingle, Courtney Thornton Stewart, DLA Piper, L.L.P., (US), Joseph Virgil Crawford, Wright & Greenhill, Austin, TX, Brian A. Cabianca, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Phoenix, AZ, for Defendant-Appellee.