Legal Opinion
Energy Plus Consulting, LLC v. Illinois Fuel Company, LLC and Appalachian Fuels, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 9, 2004No. 03-1836PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Energy Plus Consulting, LLC (“EPC”) sued defendants Illinois Fuel Company, LLC and Appalachian Fuels, LLC, alleging breach of contract and seeking $720,000 in damages. The contract pro vided that if the defendants failed to release an option in a separate contract with a third party by a specified date, they would pay EPC $720,000. The district court, in granting defendants’ motion for summary judgment, found that the $720,000 provision was an unenforceable penalty clause. We agree with the district court, and therefore affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
The contract at issue arose…
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