R & B Appliance Parts, Inc. v. Amana Co., L.P.

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Amana Company, L.P., sued R & B Appliance Parts, Inc., for the price of items sold to R & B pursuant to a contract for microwave parts (“Microwave Agreement”). R & B counterclaimed, contending that Amana had breached an earlier contract (the “Distribution Agreement”) by failing to repurchase portions of R & B’s inventory. The district court granted Amana summary judgment on its claim, while a jury found for R & B on its counterclaim.

Amana filed post-verdict motions seeking judgment as a matter of law on the counterclaim and prejudgment interest at a rate…