Legal Opinion
Pft Roberson, Inc. v. Volvo Trucks North America, Inc., and Volvo Transportation Services, N.A., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 25, 2005No. 04-3100, 04-3232, 04-3841, 04-3877PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
PFT Roberson operates a fleet of more than 1,200 long-haul trucks and trailers. Freightliner supplies, maintains, and repairs Roberson’s vehicles under a fleet agreement. A “fleet agreement” is a comprehensive contract (or series of contracts) specifying the number of trucks, the price of each, how much maintenance costs per mile (a fee that increases as a truck ages and becomes more subject to breakdowns), trade-in and other repurchase details when trucks reach the end of their useful lives, and provisions for winding up the arrangement (the “exit clause”). Exit…
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