Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

White Industries, Inc. v. Cessna Aircraft Co.

White Indus., Inc. v. Cessna Aircraft Co., 488 U.S. 856 (1988)

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.