Accor Franchising North America, LLC et al v. HI Hotel Group, LLC et al

Filing 185

ORDER (memorandum filed previously as separate docket entry) - IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the 142 MOTION in Limine to Preclude Defendants' Fraudulent Inducement of Contract Defense as Barred by Texas Law is GRANTED, and Defendants are preclu ded from offering evidence or argument at trial relating to alleged assurances that a nearby corporate Motel 6 would be closeddown, relating to a right of first refusal to purchase the nearby corporate Motel 6, or otherwise relating to fraudulent inducement of contract or breach of good faith and fair dealing defenses arising from the formation of the parties franchise agreement.Signed by Honorable Yvette Kane on 1/15/15. (sc)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
G6 HOSPITALITY, et al.,
Plaintiffs
v.
HI HOTEL GROUP, LLC, et al.,
Defendants

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No. 1:11-cv-02176

(Judge Kane)

ORDER
ACCORDINGLY, this 15th day of January 2015, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT
Plaintiffs’ motion in limine to preclude Defendants’ fraudulent inducement of contract defense
(Doc. No. 142) is GRANTED, and Defendants are precluded from offering evidence or
argument at trial relating to alleged assurances that a nearby corporate Motel 6 would be closed
down, relating to a right of first refusal to purchase the nearby corporate Motel 6, or otherwise
relating to fraudulent inducement of contract or breach of good faith and fair dealing defenses
arising from the formation of the parties’ franchise agreement.
S/ Yvette Kane
Yvette Kane, District Judge
United States District Court
Middle District of Pennsylvania