Legal Opinion
ATA Airlines, Inc. v. Federal Express Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 27, 2011No. 11-1382, 11-1492PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
ATA filed this diversity suit for breach of contract against Federal Express (which the parties call “FedEx,” as shall we, even though it’s actually a subsidiary of FedEx Corporation), and obtained a jury verdict in the exact amount it had asked for: $65,998,411. FedEx has appealed. ATA has filed a cross-appeal that is conditional on our reversing the judgment; the cross-appeal challenges the district court’s refusal to let ATA present evidence that -it incurred $27,842,748 in unrecoverable costs in reliance on a promise by FedEx in the alleged contract, and that it is…
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