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LEINGANG v. CITY OF MANDAN WEED BD.
Supreme Court of North Dakota (1991) | 468 N.W.2d 397
TL;DR: A city breached a weed-cutting contract. The court held that damages should be the contract price minus only the costs the contractor *avoided* by not performing, not reduced by a share of general business overhead.
Legal Significance: Establishes that in calculating lost profits for a breach of contract, fixed overhead costs are not deducted from the contract price, as this would fail to award the non-breaching party the full benefit of their bargain.