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1、法律英语判例阅读与评析法律英语判例阅读与评析CaseOne(案件1,合同争议)2CaseTwo(案例2,产品质量)13CaseThree(案例3,仲裁管辖)20CaseFour(案例4,中美人权之争案)26CaseFive(案例5,最惠国待遇)36CaseSix(案例6,违约)50CaseSeven:(案例7,仲裁地争议)65CaseEight(案例8,预付定金)69CaseNine(案例9,欠款案)83CaseTen(案件10,仲裁争议案)8796法律英语判例阅读与评析CaseOne(案件1,合同争议)WESTLAW案件索引号:993F.2d11
2、78UnitedStatesCourtofAppeals,FifthCircuit.BEIJINGMETALS&MINERALSIMPORT/EXPORTCORPORATION,Plaintiff-Appellee,vAMERICANBUSINESSCENTER,INC.,etal.,Defendants,AmericanBusinessCenter,Inc.,Defendant-Appellant.No.92-2171.June15,1993.Sellersuedbuyertorecoverpaymentonagreementforsaleofw
3、eightliftingequipmentandbuyerasserteddefensestopayment.TheUnitedStatesDistrictCourtfortheSouthernDistrictofTexas,LynnN.Hughes,J.,enteredsummaryjudgmentforseller,andbuyerappealed.TheCourtofAppeals,Barksdale,CircuitJudge,heldthat:(1)parolevidenceruleprohibitedbuyerfromintroducin
4、gevidenceofallegedoralagreementstoaltertermsofwrittenpaymentagreement;(2)buyerfailedtoestablisheconomicduressasdefenseagainstitsobligationsunderpaymentagreement;(3)materialissuesoffactprecludedsummaryjudgmentforselleronbuyer'sfraudclaim;and(4)materialissuesoffactastoenforceabi
5、lityofpaymentagreementprecludedsummaryjudgmentforseller.Affirmedinpart,reversedinpart,andremanded.WestHeadnotes[1]Evidencek400(3)157k400(3)MostCitedCasesUnderTexaslaw,parolevidenceruleprohibitedbuyerfromintroducingevidenceofallegedoralagreementstoaltertermsofwrittenpaymentagre
6、ementforsaleofweightliftingequipment;paymentagreementwasnotincompleteandinnowayintimatedexistenceofcontingentextrinsicagreementsregardingfutureshipmentsofgoods.[2]AccountStatedk311k3MostCitedCasesUnderTexaslaw,"accountstated"isagreementbetweenpartieswhohavehadprevioustransacti
7、onsofmonetarycharacterthatallitemsofaccountrepresentingsuchtransactions,andbalancestruck,arecorrect,togetherwithpromise,expressorimplied,forpaymentofsuchbalance.[3]AccountStatedk711k7MostCitedCasesUnderTexaslaw,accountstatedestablishesprimafaciecaseforobligationwithoutotherpro
8、ofofprice,value,quantity,orspecificitems.[4]Evidencek397(2)15