Griffith v. Clear Lakes Trout Co., Inc.

SCHROEDER, Chief Justice.

This is a dispute between Clear Lakes Trout Co., Inc. and Rodney and Carla Griffith concerning enforceability of an agreement to provide “market size” fish, a term subject to interpretation. Also at issue is whether the damages awarded by the district court were sufficiently proved, and whether the district court’s award of attorney fees was proper.

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Clear Lakes Trout Co., Inc. (“Clear Lakes”), which operates a fish hatchery, entered into an arrangement with Rodney and Carla Griffith, d/b/a Boswell Farms (“Griffith”), a trout grower,…