Legal Opinion
MB Oil Ltd., Co. v. City of Albuquerque
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided July 25, 2016No. S-1-SC-36053; Docket 34,493Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
VANZI, Judge.
{1} The City of Albuquerque (the City) appeals from a judgment awarding nearly four million dollars in anticipatory profits for the wrongful termination of a supply contract (Contract) that was expressly terminable for cause or convenience. Because we conclude as a matter of law that the contract was not wrongfully terminated, we reverse and remand for entry of judgment in favor of the City.
BACKGROUND
{2} The following factual background is derived from the district court’s findings of fact, to which we generally defer, see State v. Munoz, 1998-NMCA-140, ¶ 14, 125 N.M. 765,…
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