United States Eighth Circuit

District court properly granted defendant summary judgment on plaintiff's claim for breach of contract, as an enforceable contract could not be inferred from various e-mails and drafts, as the documents failed to contain the essential durational element and were not signed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/25/2002
• Published 10/25/2002

Judges

• WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges, and BOGUE, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Samuel B. Murphy, argued, St. Louis, MO, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Timothy F. Noelker, argued, St. Louis, MO (Bruce D. Ryder and Daniel J. Carpenter, on the brief), for appellee.