Legal Opinion
BRC Rubber & Plastics, Incorpo v. Continental Carbon Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 16, 2018No. 17-2783PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ripple, Circuit Judge.
This case involves a contract dispute over the sale and purchase of carbon black, an important ingredient in rubber products. BRC Rubber & Plastics, Inc. ("BRC") seeks to recover from Continental Carbon Co. ("Continental") costs that it incurred in purchasing carbon black from another supplier following Continental's alleged repudiation of the parties' supply agreement.
Initially, BRC claimed that the agreement was a requirements contract, i.e. , a supply agreement in which Continental promised to provide all of the carbon black that BRC required. Because Continental…
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