Court Opinion

ID: 8445068
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-11-04 21:26:37.737786+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:48:54.035833
License: Public Domain

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, sitting by designation,
dissenting.
The contract between Calpine and the Joneses created a blatantly obvious and huge financial incentive for Calpine to hinder or preclude timely completion of the power plant. From this, it is not difficult to infer that the risk that Calpine would not cooperate with the Joneses was assigned to the Joneses. A contrary conclusion perversely rewards the omission of obvious terms from express inclusion in contracts.
*188I, therefore, respectfully dissent and would affirm.