Legal Opinion
M.M. Silta, Inc. v. Cleveland Cliffs, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 17, 2010No. 09-1423PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
M.M. Silta, Inc. (Silta) appeals from the district court’s1 dismissal of its breach of contract action and related claims against Cleveland Cliffs, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, Cliffs). Because a jury in a previous action found that Cliffs properly terminated the parties’ agreement, and because we conclude that the contract unambiguously precludes the post-termination obligations on which Silta’s claims are premised, we affirm.
I. Background
Cliffs is an international iron ore producer with mining operations in Michigan, Minnesota, and eastern Canada. In early…
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