Legal Opinion
Calumet Construction Corp. v. Metropolitan Sanitary District
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 30, 1988No. 88-0823PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Quinlan
In November 1986, Calumet Construction Corporation (Calumet) sued the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago (MSD) in the circuit court of Cook County for breach of a construction contract between the MSD and Calumet. Calumet sought damages for certain alleged breaches of the contract by the MSD, as well as the return of liquidated damages in the amount of $346,000, which the MSD had withheld from the monies it owed Calumet for delays in Calumet’s performance trader the contract. Calumet filed a motion for partial summary judgment on the liquidated damages issue, and the trial…
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