Court Opinion

ID: 9448565
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-03 23:40:08.130672+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:31:29.229391
License: Public Domain

SMITH, Circuit Judge
(concurring in the result).
I concur in the result. I would hold that a corporation may validly contract to negotiate, as a condition of contract termination, in a manner the reasonableness of which may be submitted to a trier of fact, whether court, jury or arbitrator, if the parties so intend, even though the manner of performance, absent the contract, might be termed a management function. I agree, however, that the termination provision here is no more than a time of notice provision, giving O. T. A. opportunity to present its case for renewal and allowing time thereafter to wind up its contractual arrangements with its own personnel engaged in servicing the TCR contract. There is therefore no issue for trial, and summary judgment is proper.