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032089P.pdf 10/14/2004 Midwest Oilseeds v. Limagrain Genetics
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 03-2089
Southern District of Iowa
Civil case - contracts. District court did not err in granting plaintiff's
motion for summary judgment based on its finding that defendant had
breached the parties' agreement by improperly licensing third-party
breeding rights for seeds owing their lineage to restricted seeds provided
by plaintiff and by performing unauthorized breeding beyond the
first-generation crosses permitted by the agreement; district court did not
err in finding liquidated-damaged clause was enforceable as a matter of
law; district court did not err in granting judgment as a matter of law for
plaintiff on defendant's counterclaims; $40.8 million judgment in favor of
plaintiff affirmed.
[PUBLISHED][Bye, Author, with Hansen and Melloy, Circuit Judges]