Massaro Limited Partnership, (Park West Two.) v. Baker & Taylor, Inc.

Massaro Limited Partnership, (Park West Two.) v. Baker & Taylor, Inc.,
Civil Action No. 00-1234. (U.S.D.C.W. D. Pa. Judge Gary L. Lancaster). Mr. Knapp and Mr. Hudson represented Baker & Taylor at the April 2003 trial of a prominent Pittsburgh developer who sought to enforce, as a lease, a letter of intent explicitly conditioned on Baker & Taylor's board approval. Mr. Knapp and Mr. Hudson secured a defense jury verdict on fraud and breach of contract claims. On appeal to the Third Circuit, then Chief Judge Samuel L. Alito, Jr. chaired a three member panel which, after a vigorous oral argument, reversed the trial court's promissory estoppel finding and entered a defense judgment on all claims. 161 Fed. Appx. 185, 2005 WL 3449066 (3rd Cir., Dec. 15, 2005).