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082723P.pdf   07/22/2009  Cherne Contracting Corp.  v.  Marathon Petroleum Co.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  08-2723
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Melloy, Author, with Murphy and Shepherd, Circuit Judges]
   Civil case - contracts. District court did not err in concluding that
   the parties' letter of intent governed the parties' relationship after a
   certain date, and the court properly concluded that the letter of intent
   unambiguously gave defendant the right to terminate the parties'
   relationship; because the court correctly determined that the letter of
   intent, as modified and extended, governed the parties' relationship, the
   court did not err in granting defendant summary judgment on plaintiff's
   alternative claims for equitable relief.