Pieper, Inc. v. Land O'Lakes Farmland Feed, LLC
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
390 F.3d 1062 (2004)
Relevant factsFree
LOLFF (defendant) agreed to buy piglets from Pieper (plaintiff), intending to resell them to third-party finishers who would raise them and sell the resulting market hogs to Farmland Industries; when Farmland stopped buying the finished hogs, LOLFF terminated its piglet-purchase agreement with Pieper, who sued for breach of contract, and LOLFF asserted frustration of purpose as a defense, winning summary judgment at the district court.
IssueFree
Whether a party's contract performance may be excused when the party's principal purpose in making the contract is frustrated.