Builder's Concrete v. Faubel & Sons, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “Plaintiff stated unequivocally that it would not fulfill its part of the bargain and defendant was justified in taking plaintiff at its word.”
• A liquidated damages clause “must be a specified amount for a specific breach to be paid as an alternative to performance and not as a penalty for nonperformance.”
• A liquidated damages clause “must be a specified amount for a specific breach to be paid as an alternative to performance and not as a penalty for nonperformance.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

41 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Lake River Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Carborundum Company, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee
  Seventh Circuit· 1985-08-09· cited 100×
• Grossinger Motorcorp, Inc. v. American National Bank & Trust Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-12-31· cited 98×
• Tower Investors, LLC v. 111 East Chestnut Consultants, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2007-03-14· cited 94×
• In the Matter of C & S Grain Company, Incorporated, Debtor-Appellant
  Seventh Circuit· 1995-03-08· cited 62×
• SMS Demag Aktiengesellschaft v. Material Sciences Corp.
  Seventh Circuit· 2009-05-08· cited 62×
• Wilmette Partners v. Hamel
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-05-04· cited 52×
• Xco International Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Pacific Scientific Company, Defendant-Appellee/cross-Appellant
  Seventh Circuit· 2004-06-24· cited 43×
• Stone v. City of Arcola
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1989-03-31· cited 43×
• Kozasa v. Guardian Electric Manufacturing Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1981-08-18· cited 42×
• In the Matter of Avildsen Tools & MacHine Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Debtor-Appellant. Edward B. Avildsen and Morton Balon v. United States
  Seventh Circuit· 1986-07-07· cited 40×
• Calvin Horne v. Electric Eel Manufacturing Com
  Seventh Circuit· 2021-02-10· cited 40×
• Merrill Tenant Council v. United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (Hud)
  Seventh Circuit· 1981-01-14· cited 33×
• Truman L. Flatt & Sons Co. v. Schupf
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1995-04-27· cited 29×
• Stuart Park Associates Ltd. Partnership v. Ameritech Pension Trust
  N.D. Illinois· 1994-03-18· cited 22×
• B & C Electric, Inc. v. Pullman Bank & Trust Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1981-04-15· cited 22×
• Downes Swimming Pool, Inc. v. North Shore National Bank
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1984-05-18· cited 19×
• Bituminous Casualty Corp. v. Commercial Union Insurance
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1995-06-28· cited 18×
• Yale Development Co. v. Aurora Pizza Hut, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1981-05-01· cited 16×
• Honkomp v. Dixon
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1981-07-14· cited 15×
• Highlands Ranch University Park, LLC v. Uno of Highlands Ranch, Inc.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2005-01-27· cited 15×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Bauer v. Sawyer
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1956-03-22· cited 102×
• Cottrell v. Gerson
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1939-02-15· cited 57×
• Bu-Vi-Bar Petroleum Corporation v. Krow
  Tenth Circuit· 1930-04-04· cited 40×
• Christopher v. West
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1951-03-22· cited 39×
• Forest Preserve Real Estate Improvement Corp. v. Miller
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1942-03-19· cited 27×
• Robinhorne Construction Corp. v. Snyder
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1969-07-30· cited 24×
• Stonecipher v. Pillatsch
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1975-07-17· cited 21×
• Sampson v. Marra
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1951-05-08· cited 13×
• Donow v. Board of Trustees
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1974-07-23· cited 8×
• Mead v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1914-10-13· cited 7×
• Morrison Plummer & Co. v. Schlesinger
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1894-10-31· cited 4×