Northrop Corporation v. Litronic Industries
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
29 F.3d 1173 (1994)
Relevant factsFree
Litronic's written offer to sell wire boards included a 90-day warranty, while Northrop's purchase order provided an unlimited warranty; Northrop's testing took six months, and when it returned allegedly defective boards, Litronic refused acceptance based on its lapsed 90-day warranty, prompting the magistrate judge to eliminate both warranty terms and apply UCC § 2-309's reasonable-time rejection standard.
IssueFree
Whether, under the knockout rule, if an acceptance contains terms that are additional to or different from those in the offer, the conflicting terms in both the offer and acceptance are replaced with neutral provisions from the Uniform Commercial Code.
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