United States Seventh Circuit

In a breach of contract action between auto dealerships, judgment for plaintiff under quantum meruit and unjust enrichment is reversed where: 1) the district court misconstrued the liability principles of quantum meruit under Wisconsin law and consequently mistried the claim; 2) the district court erroneously excluded relevant evidence to the unjust enrichment claim; and 3) failed to weigh the particular equities at stake in the commercial circumstances of this case.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/25/2009
• Published 02/25/2009

Judges

• SYKES, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and SYKES and TINDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Robert E. Shumaker, Attorney (argued), Dewitt, Ross & Stevens, Madison, WI, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Mark J. Steichen, Attorney (argued), Boardman, Suhr, Curry & Field, Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.