Zahavi

Zahavi v. Wells Dairy, Inc.

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227 F. App'x 654
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitApril 13, 2007No. 05-55797California320 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM ***

Harel Zahavi d/b/a Goldi Ice Cream appeals the district court’s partial summary judgment in favor of Wells Dairy, Inc. in Zahavi’s action for breach of contract. The remaining claims were voluntarily dismissed, so we have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . Reviewing de novo, Geurin v. Winston Indus., Inc., 316 F.3d 879, 882 (9th Cir.2002), we affirm the decision of the district court. Because the parties are familiar with the factual and procedural history of the case, we need not recount it here.

Section 2 in each of the parties’ Master Vendor Agreements provides that upon expiration of the agreements’ initial three-year duration period, the agreements will renew automatically unless one of the parties gives written notice of its intention to terminate at least thirty days prior to the end of the term. Because Wells provided notices of termination in accordance with section 2, we conclude that Wells’s terminations did not breach the parties’ agreements.

We reject Zahavi’s argument that evidence of the parties’ course of dealing is admissible to demonstrate that the agreements could be terminated only for cause. Under Iowa law, which governs the agreements, a…

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