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No. 13-2449
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of North Carolina, at Asheville. Martin K. Reidinger,
District Judge. (1:12-cv-00105-MR-DLH)
Submitted:
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
FFP Holdings, LLC appeals the district courts order
granting the Appellees motion for summary judgment on FFPs
complaint for breach of contract, conversion, and declaratory
judgment.
asset
purchase
agreements
with
Vitafoam,
FFP
acquired
an
211
F.3d
846,
850
(4th
Cir.
2000).
Summary
judgment
no
issue
for
trial
unless
there
is
[T]here
sufficient
evidence
summary
judgment
is
proper.
succeed
on
breach
of
contract
claim,
the
enforceable
obligation
existed
between
it
and
the
the
plaintiff
incurred
damages
as
result
of
the
breach.
Cent. Tel. Co. of Va. v. Sprint Commcn Co. of Va., 715 F.3d
501, 517 (4th Cir. 2013) (citations omitted) (analyzing Virginia
and North Carolina contract law).
written
and,
construe
the
when
its
contract
terms
are
according
to
clear
and
its
plain
unambiguous,
meaning.
we
Id.
F.3d 220, 222 (4th Cir. 2002) (we may affirm on any basis
fairly supported by the record).
fall within the assets transferred because, under the the plain
meaning
of
the
relate
exclusively
Additionally,
asset
because
purchase
to
FFP
the
agreements,
the
business
acquired
did
not
acquire
the
claim
did
by
claim
in
not
FFP.
the
wrongful
conversion
of
that
property
by
the
defendant
for
with
contentions
are
oral
argument
adequately
because
presented
in
the
the
facts
We
and
legal
materials
before
this Court and argument would not aid in the decisional process.
AFFIRMED