Quinn v. Dondlinger & Sons Construction Co.

How later courts describe this case

• A person cannot "reasonably [rely] upon ... allegedly fraudulent statements made in the face of plainly contradictory contractual language."
• agreement found to violate § 8(e) in NLRB v. National Maritime Union, supra, might be nonexempt and might violate antitrust law
• labor exemption issue not necessarily controlled by prior determination that agreement violated § 8(e)
• "But damages for loss of an expectancy of profits created by prior or contemporaneous oral representations plainly contradictory with the terms of a written contract we believe to be nonrecoverable if written contracts are to retain significance."
• “[A] remittitur may be assessed in an amount that will bring the verdict on damages to the maximum amount which the jury could have awarded under the evidence introduced at trial.”
• risk of accidental loss of gasoline