IBM v. Catamore Enterprises

Citation: IBM Corp. v. Catamore Enterprises, Ine., 548 F.2d 1065 (1st Cir. 1976), ''cert. denied,'' 431 U.S. 960 (1977).

Catamore, a jewelry manufacturer, sued IBM for its failure to provide a promised production control system. The lower court awarded Catamore $11 million, based primarily on its finding of a breach of an oral agreement by IBM to supply programming support to Catamore. The First Circuit Court of Appeals, however, held that the oral agreement had been integrated in a subsequent written contract containing a one-year limitation of liability clause. Id. at 1975. Since Catamore failed to bring its action within the one-year period, the appellate court reversed the verdict. .