Legal Opinion
Vestar Development Ii, Llc, an Arizona Limited Liability v. General Dynamics Corporation, a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 10, 2001No. 99-56455PublishedCited by 158 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUG, Circuit Judge:
The prospective buyer of a parcel of property brought this action against the prospective seller for breach of an agreement to negotiate. The prospective buyer expressly did not seek reliance damages. The only damages sought by the buyer were $48,000,000 in lost profits it expected to make by constructing a shopping center on the parcel it sought to buy and leasing space to merchants. Because an agreement of sale was never reached, the terms of which would be necessary to determine lost profits, we affirm on the grounds that the only damages sought can not be proven with…
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