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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2020"
article_number: "2020"
status: active
heading: "Contracts made by more than two parties"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title IV › Chapter 9"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109278"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985."
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  - act_year: 1984
    act_number: 331
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1985-01-01
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# Art. 2020. Contracts made by more than two parties

When a contract has been made by more than two parties, one party's failure to perform may not cause dissolution of the contract for the other parties, unless the performance that failed was essential to the contract.