SAS Institute, Inc. v. Breitenfeld

The trial court in this case granted SAS Institute’s motion for summary judgment, requiring-John Breitenfeld to repay a bonus on a cancelled sale based on a commission contract between the two parties. The court of appeals reversed and rendered judgment on Breitenfeld’s motion for summary judgment against SAS, allow- mg Breitenfeld to keep the bonus under the commission contract. We hold the contract language is unambiguous and Breitenfeld is required to pay back the bonus he received because the sale on which the bonus was based was cancelled. Accordingly, we reverse the court of appeals’…