ROBERT E. WOOLLEY et al.
Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. EMBASSY SUITES, INC.
et al.
Defendants and Respondents. (Superior Court of San Mateo County, No. 347740, Phrasel L. Shelton, Judge.).
Robert E. WOOLLEY et al.
Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. EMBASSY SUITES, INC.
et al.
Defendants and Respondents. No. A049987. Decided: February 28, 1991 James J. Brosnahan, Andrew E. Monach, Jeffrey Nussbaum, Morrison & Foerster, San Francisco, and John W. Bickel, II, Bickel & Brewer, Dallas, Tex.
for plaintiffs/appellants.
5/17/2017 · In 1991, a California court, applying California law, in the Woolley – Embassy Suites case (Woolley v. Embassy Suites , Inc. Ê227 Cal. App. 3d 1520) se nt a startling message to hotel s. At the time, those of us who follow these kinds of cases thought the holding was a one-off, quirky decision that is not likely to be followed and may be overturned in subsequent decisions.
6/1/2003 · As the first in a line of importantcases, Waolley v . Embassy Suites , Inc. is the seminal case that applied agency law to the hotel owner-manager relationship.2 The Woolley holdingshook the hotel industry because it allowed hotel owners to revoke their agency relationships and termi- nate their management agreements despite con- tractual provisions to the contrary, Plaintiffsin the Woolley case were Robert Woolley .
In 1991, a California court, applying California law in a hotel management agreement dispute, in the Woolley – Embassy Suites case (Woolley v. Embassy Suites, Inc. 227 Cal. App. 3d 1520) se nt a startling message to hotels. At the time, those of us who follow these kinds of cases thought the holding was a one-off, quirky decision that is not likely to be followed and may be overturned in subsequent decisions.
1/31/2017 · The first case of significance involved an owner/management dispute [Woolley v. Embassy Suites] in 1991. This was the first case that established management companies as agents owing a fiduciary duty to the owner(s). Under a hotel management agreement the owner is the principal and the management company is the agent.
A. Woolley 1. Background In Woolley, the owner delivered notices of default under nine hotel management agreements it had entered into with the manager, Embassy Suites, Inc. (“Embassy”). The owner then sued for declaratory relief that the agreements could be terminated. Embassy responded,, This article case studies three recent US court decisions: Woolley v. Embassy Suites , Pacific Landmark v . Marriott, and Government Guarantee Fund of Finland v . Hyatt, and assesses their potential effects on the relationships between owners and operators.
