Legal Opinion
Blackout Sealcoating, Incorpor v. Terry Peterson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 18, 2013No. 12-3352PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.
Blackout Sealcoating performs asphalt paving work and other services for public and private construction projects. Until spring 2012 the Chicago Transit Authority was among its clients. Blackout’s two contracts with the CTA were terminable at will, and on May 8, 2012, the CTA informed Blackout that it would not do business with the firm for the next year. The CTA calls such a decision debarment.
Because the contracts were terminable at will, Blackout could not get damages for breach — and at all events such a suit would belong in state court even if the firm asserted…
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