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Phillips Development v. Conagra, 01-3491 (2002)

Court: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Number: 01-3491 Visitors: 23
Filed: Jul. 24, 2002
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT _ No. 01-3491 _ Phillips Development Corporation; * College Heights, LLC, * * Appellants, * * Appeal from the United States v. * District Court for the Eastern * District of Arkansas. Conagra, Inc.; Swift-Ekrich, Inc., * doing business as Butterball * [UNPUBLISHED] Turkey Company, * * Appellees. * _ Submitted: June 28, 2002 Filed: July 24, 2002 _ Before BOWMAN, BEAM, and BYE, Circuit Judges. _ PER CURIAM. Phillips Development Corporation appe
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United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 01-3491 ___________ Phillips Development Corporation; * College Heights, LLC, * * Appellants, * * Appeal from the United States v. * District Court for the Eastern * District of Arkansas. Conagra, Inc.; Swift-Ekrich, Inc., * doing business as Butterball * [UNPUBLISHED] Turkey Company, * * Appellees. * ___________ Submitted: June 28, 2002 Filed: July 24, 2002 ___________ Before BOWMAN, BEAM, and BYE, Circuit Judges. ___________ PER CURIAM. Phillips Development Corporation appeals the district court's1 grant of summary judgment in favor of Conagra, Inc., and its subsidiary, Swift-Ekrich, Inc. d/b/a Butterball Turkey Company, on Phillips's suit for breach of contract and 1 The Honorable Stephen M. Reasoner, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas. promissory estoppel. Phillips alleges that Conagra and Swift-Ekrich promised to subsidize rent payments for a housing complex Phillips constructed near a Butterball Turkey plant in Huntsville, Arkansas. The district court granted summary judgment after concluding the alleged promises were too indefinite to be enforceable. Having carefully reviewed the record, we conclude the district court's rulings were proper. We thus affirm on the basis of the district court's opinion. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. A true copy. Attest: CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT. -2-
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