Pft Roberson, Inc. v. Volvo Trucks North America, Inc., and Volvo Transportation Services, N.A., Inc.

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• holding that an email “was not a definitive offer” because it invited further “negotiation ... rather than acceptance,” and therefore that a later email purporting to accept that supposed offer would not form a contract
• noting that wanting a “complete and formal arrangement before being bound ... is to be expected in a multi-million-dollar deal that would last for many years”
• explaining that under Illinois law parties negotiating a contract can make their agreement expressly contingent on the preparation and future execution of a formal or final document
• declining to enforce preliminary agreement where party seeking enforcement relied on formula for contract price that did not appear in document purporting to be contract
• “Illinois is averse to enforcing tentative agreements that are expressly contingent on the signing of formal or final documents.”
• no binding agreement, recognizing party wanted full written agreement because “caution is to be ex- pected in a multi-million-dollar deal that would last for many years”

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