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UNIVERSAL COMPUTER SYS. v. MEDICAL SERVICES ASS'N

Nos. 79-2400, 79-2401.

628 F.2d 820 (1980)

UNIVERSAL COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC., Appellant in No. 79-2400, v. MEDICAL SERVICES ASSN. OF PA., t/a Pa. Blue Shield, Appellant in No. 79-2401.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 7, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric J. Wiener, Handler & Wiener, Harrisburg, Pa., for appellant in No. 79-2400 and appellee in No. 79-2401.

Robert L. Rubendall, William H. Wood, Francis J. O'Gorman, Jr., Keefer, Wood, Allen & Rahal, Harrisburg, Pa., for appellee in No. 79-2400 and appellant in No. 79-2401.

Before SEITZ, Chief Judge, and GIBBONS and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.

Submitted Under Third Circuit Rule 12(6) May 20, 1980.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

This is a diversity action in which we are asked to consider questions of agency and promissory estoppel under Pennsylvania law. Specifically, we are asked to consider whether a principal is bound under a theory of promissory estoppel when an employee promised to pick up a bid from a potential bidder. We hold that the employee possessed apparent authority...

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