Opinion ID: 2995342
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Heading: In interpreting the December

Text: Contract, the district court held that this two-paragraph agreement between the parties was unambiguous and that it failed for lack of consideration. More precisely, the court determined that Zemco’s promise not to sue on Contract AZ010B formed the sole consideration for the December Contract. When Zemco filed suit on AZ010B, the consideration underlying the December agreement, which was in the nature of an accord and satisfaction, vanished./4 The district court therefore rejected Zemco’s view that its earlier oral promise to cooperate in the transition, described in the first paragraph of the agreement, was additional consideration for the December accord. Rather, the court determined that the promise to cooperate was part of an earlier, independent verbal agreement. As Zemco could not enforce the contract, the district court granted Navistar’s motion for summary judgment.