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· 7/15/1980

Vines v. Orchard Hills, Inc.

Citations

  • 181 Conn. 501
  • 435 A.2d 1022
  • 1980 Conn. LEXIS 912

How courts have described this case

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

  • later profitable sale agreed to less than one month after breach and consummated two months thereafter
  • liquidated damages provisions are “private agreements to supplant judicially determined remedies for breach of contract” [emphasis added]
  • liquidated damage provisions are \private agreements to supplant judicially determined remedies for breach of contract\
  • \liquidated damages provisions are `private agreements to supplant judicially determined remedies for breach of contract.'\
  • because the law surrounding plaintiffs’ claims has “not previously been clearly spelled out in our cases, it is appropriate to afford to the [plaintiffs] herein another opportunity to proffer evidence to substantiate their claim”
  • 10% of purchase price as the liquidated damages amount is presumptively correct amount

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Judges: Cotter, Bogdanski, Peters, Healey, Parskey

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