Legal Opinion
Norcon Power Partners, L.P. v. Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 1, 1998PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bellacosa, J.
The doctriné, known as demand for adequate assurance of future performance, is at the heart of a Federal lawsuit that stems from a 1989 contract between Nor con Power Partners, L.P., an independent power producer, and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, a public utility provider. Niagara Mohawk undertook to purchase electricity generated at Norcon’s Pennsylvania facility. The contract was for 25 years, but the differences emerged during the early years of the arrangement.
The case arrives on this Court’s docket by certification of the substantive law question…
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