United States Fifth Circuit

In appeals arising from a contract for the sale of nutria skins, 1) an individual acting as a disclosed agent during contract negotiations was shielded from liability under the Louisiana Unfair Trade Practices Act, but waived a capacity defense to a detrimental reliance claim, and 2) admission of an indemnity agreement for impeachment purposes was proper.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/24/2002
• Published 06/24/2002

Judges

• CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:, Before JONES, EMILIO M. GARZA and CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Brent Bennett Barriere (argued), Owen Bennett St. Amant, Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, LA, Luther T. Munford, Phelps Dunbar, Jackson, MS, Harry Alston Johnson, III, Phelps Dunbar, Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Charles D. Marshall, Jr. (argued), Charles A. Snyder, Milling Benson Woodward, New Orleans, LA, Glenn G. Morris (argued), Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendants-Appellants.