An ‘acceptance final’ clause bars only quality-based rejections, not rejections for material breach

Evidence

However, the court of appeals reversed, holding that, although the buyer’s right of rejection is limited under an “acceptance final” form of contract, the disability relates only to rejections “for causes affecting the condition or quality of the goods.” Finding that the buyer had thus not surrendered his right to reject in all cases, the court concluded that the seller’s alteration of the credit terms was a substantial and material breach of the contract and, under the applicable state law as determined by resort to conflicts doctrine, was a sufficient ground for rejection. — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process, 1698

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the precise scope of ‘acceptance final’ clauses — quality-only, not all rejections.
• XREF: connects to: Executors best serve policy aims by not reading general directions literally — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 1994