Legal Opinion
M.M. Silta, Inc. v. Cleveland Cliffs, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 16, 2009No. 08-2620PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
M.M. Silta, Inc. (Silta) 1 brought this breach of contract action against Cliffs Erie, L.L.C. (Cliffs), alleging that Cliffs failed to perform its obligations under two agreements stemming from reclamation of a Minnesota taconite mine. 2 A jury returned a verdict for Silta on one of its contract claims, and Cliffs appeals, arguing that the district court 3 submitted an erroneous jury instruction, that the contract was invalid, and that the damage award was disproportionate as a matter of law. We affirm.
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Cliffs is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc., an…
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