· 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
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- 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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