The Court of Appeals affirmed, in a 2-1 decision, which included a strong dissent. “Therefore, Avon asserted that it had the right to accept or reject each material authorization release issued by Tubular.” The lower court rejected Avon’s argument, and granted summary disposition in favor of Tubular, holding that Tubular’s purchase order and its terms and conditions created an enforceable requirements contract as a matter of law. Avon argued that the quantity term “per-releases” created a series of spot-buy or fixed quantity contracts, and not a requirements contract. Similar to many terms and conditions in the automotive industry, Tubular’s terms and conditions provided that (1) Tubular would determine the quantities of parts it would order and identify the quantities in weekly releases, (2) the contract was “for the life of the program,” and (3) “Buyer shall purchase no less than one piece or unit of each of the Supplies and no more than one hundred percent (100%) of Buyer’s requirements for the Supplies.”Īvon shipped against Tubular’s two blanket purchase orders and its weekly releases, until a dispute arose regarding whether Avon was obligated to continue to accept each release issued by Tubular. Tubular issued two blanket purchase orders to Avon, which expressly incorporated Tubular’s terms and conditions. Defendant Tubular Metal Systems, LLC (“Tubular”) produces parts for General Motors (“GM”). (collectively “Avon”) are suppliers of automotive parts. Plaintiffs Cadillac Rubber & Plastics, Inc. Prior to this decision, court decisions in Michigan were mixed regarding whether a requirements contract needs to have some form of exclusivity in order to be enforceable. The case is Cadillac Rubber & Plastics, Inc. Moreover, the buyer need not commit to buy its requirements from only one supplier. 01% and 100% of its requirements for the particular part.

On February 11, 2020, the Michigan Court of Appeals issued a significant decision that impacts manufacturing supply contracts – especially those in the automotive industry – holding that a buyer may enforce a supply contract against a seller where the contract only requires the buyer to purchase between.

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