Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

White Industries, Inc. v. Cessna Aircraft Co.

488 U.S. 856

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1988-10-03
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • affirming summary judgment for buyer where there “is not the slightest evidence” to support assertion that buyer was in land sales business
  • distinguishing privity between principal and agent from privity between a governmental entity and officials sued in their individual capacities
  • declining to do so where public employer failed to provide “any evidence of actual harmful effects” or where interference with public employee’s duties was “de mini-mis or merely speculative”

Citator

UpLaw has not yet analyzed White Industries, Inc. v. Cessna Aircraft Co.. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.

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C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.