Mid-West Energy Consultants, Inc. v. Covenant Home, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a contract that failed to specify duration was terminable at will
• noting that contract “did not contain any provision for its termination” and concluding that contract was of “indefinite duration” and “terminable at will”
• affirming lower court’s decision to dismiss a claim for breach of the implied covenant where “no contractual discretion” existed
• explaining the court could not add terms to the parties’ agreement to require a party seeking entry of a judgment on an agreement do so under seal
• requiring “a satisfactory basis . . . in the express contract of the parties” in order to find a breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing
• courts find implied covenants only where “necessary . . . in order to effect the purposes of the parties making the contract”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).