Legal Opinion
Orange & Rockland Utilities, Inc. v. Amerada Hess Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided August 15, 1977PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMargett, J.
This action, for damages as a result of an alleged breach of a requirements contract, raises related but distinctly separate issues as to whether the plaintiff buyer’s requirements occurred in good faith and whether those requirements were unreasonably disproportionate to the estimates stated in the contract.
In a fuel oil supply contract executed in early December, 1969, defendant Amerada Hess Corporation (Hess) agreed to supply the requirements of plaintiff Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O & R) at plaintiffs Lovett generating plant in Tompkins Cove, New York. A fixed price of $2.14 per…
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