Market Street Associates Ltd. Partnership v. Frey case brief
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941 F.2d 588 (7th Cir. 1991)
CASE FACTS
Plaintiffs, lessor partnership and its general partner, brought an action against defendants, lessor trust and individual trustees, claiming that defendants breached their duty of good faith performance of the parties' contract. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of defendants.
DISCUSSION
The court reversed summary judgment entered in favor of defendants, lessor trust and individual trustees, and remanded, holding that summary judgment was not proper because when viewing the facts favorably to plaintiffs, lessor partnership and its general partner, whether plaintiffs acted in bad faith in not notifying defendants of a purchase price computation paragraph in the contract bore on plaintiff general partner's state of mind.
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941 F.2d 588 (7th Cir. 1991)
CASE SYNOPSIS
Plaintiffs, lessor partnership and its
general partner, appealed an order from the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, which granted summary
judgment in favor of defendants, lessor trust and individual
trustees, in plaintiffs' contract action for breach of the duty of
good faith performance.CASE FACTS
Plaintiffs, lessor partnership and its general partner, brought an action against defendants, lessor trust and individual trustees, claiming that defendants breached their duty of good faith performance of the parties' contract. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of defendants.
DISCUSSION
- On appeal, the court reversed and remanded, holding that summary judgment was not proper because the facts could have been interpreted in favor of plaintiffs.
- Under the parties' contract, plaintiff lessor was entitled to purchase the leased property at a price computed in the contract if its request for financing to make improvements on the property failed.
- After defendants refused financing, plaintiffs sought to purchase the property.
- Plaintiff general partner did not alert defendants to the computation paragraph in the contract.
- Viewing the facts favorably to plaintiffs, the court found that whether plaintiffs acted in bad faith in not notifying defendants of the paragraph bore on plaintiff general partner's state of mind.
The court reversed summary judgment entered in favor of defendants, lessor trust and individual trustees, and remanded, holding that summary judgment was not proper because when viewing the facts favorably to plaintiffs, lessor partnership and its general partner, whether plaintiffs acted in bad faith in not notifying defendants of a purchase price computation paragraph in the contract bore on plaintiff general partner's state of mind.
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