United States Fifth Circuit
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.