Advance Conveying Technologies v. Lemartec Corporation

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Following a four-day bench trial, the district court 1 entered judgment in favor of Advance Conveying Technologies, LLC (ACT), on ACT's breach of contract claim against Lemartec Corporation (Lemartec). On appeal, Lemartec argues that the district court erred in concluding that Lemartec's bid package was incorporated into the parties' contract (the purchase order). Although we conclude that the bid package was not so incorporated in so many words, we nonetheless affirm the judgment, because when the contract is considered in light of the usage-of-trade evidence that the…