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Case Citations [i] (Fall 2025)

handle is hein.ali/resndacy0144 and id is 1 raw text is: THE AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE Fall 2025 Citations AGENCY 2D Generally D.R.I.2024. Cit. generally in cases cit. in sup. Seller of fish sued buyer for, among other things, breach of contract, alleging that buyer owed an outstanding payment for delivered fish pursuant to an agreement between the parties; buyer argued that seller's affiliate, with whom it regularly conducted business, modified the agreement by reducing the price of fish in response to a global pandemic that affected the fish market and by later informing buyer that buyer's debt was settled. Following a bench trial, this court entered judgment for seller, holding that seller's affiliate had apparent authority to modify the price of fish under Rhode Island law. The court noted that both Rhode Island and federal common law looked to the Restatement Second of Agency for agency issues and that seller's affiliate had apparent authority to enter contracts on behalf of seller based on the parties' course of dealing and usage of trade. Chilean Sea Bass Inc. v. Kendell Seafood Imports, Inc., 735 F.Supp.3d 80, 93. CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTORY MATTERS TOPIC 1. DEFINITIONS § 1. Agency; Principal; Agent C.A.4, 2024. Subsec. (1) quot. in case quot. in sup. Attendees at a professional football game, who were injured when a railing collapsed in the stadium, filed a negligence action against, among others, football team owner and stadium owner. The district court denied defendants' motion to compel arbitration pursuant to an arbitration clause contained in plaintiffs' tickets for the game, finding that plaintiffs' friend, who had purchased the tickets for plaintiffs, did not have apparent authority to enter the arbitration clause on behalf of plaintiffs, nor did plaintiffs ratify or assent to the arbitration clause. This court vacated and remanded, holding that defendants' reliance on the purchaser's apparent authority to act on behalf of plaintiffs was reasonable, and thus plaintiffs were bound by any arbitration clause to which the purchaser was bound. Relying on the definition ofan agency relationship under Restatement Second of Agency § 1, the court reasoned that plaintiffs manifested their acceptance that the purchaser COPYRIGHT C2025 By THE AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America For earlier citations, see the Appendices, Supplements, or Pocket Parts, if any, that correspond to the subject matter under examination.