Diesel Power Equipment, Inc., a Nebraska Corporation v. Addco, Inc., a Minnesota Corporation

HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

Following a bench trial, the district court awarded $809,396 to Diesel Power Equipment, Inc. (Diesel Power) in its breach-of-contract claim against ADDCO, Inc., and ADDCO appeals. Because the parties’ agreements were not sufficiently definite to form a binding contract under Nebraska law, we reverse the district court’s judgment.

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Diesel Power is a Deutz engine distributor based in Omaha, Nebraska, whose distributorship covered Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana,. parts of Kansas, and most of Kentucky. ADDCO is a Minnesota company that owned a division called the…