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810 ILCS 5/2-717 (2026)

Deduction of damages from the price

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(810 ILCS 5/2-717) (from Ch. 26, par. 2-717)
    Sec. 2-717. Deduction of damages from the price.
    The buyer on notifying the seller of his intention to do so may deduct all or any part of the damages resulting from any breach of the contract from any part of the price still due under the same contract.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2101.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1995–2011 · leading case: Echo, Inc., an Illinois Corp. v. The Whitson Co., Inc. D/B/A Power Tool Co., a Tennessee Corp., 52 F.3d 702 (7th Cir. 1995).
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Echo, Inc., an Illinois Corp. v. The Whitson Co., Inc. D/B/A Power Tool Co., a Tennessee Corp., 52 F.3d 702 (7th Cir. 1995). “” 810 ILCS 5/2-717, cmt. 1. In other words, *706 whether the claims arise out of the same contract depends on the source of the rights each party claims.”
Celex Grp., Inc. v. Exec. Gallery, Inc., 877 F. Supp. 1114 (N.D. Ill. 1995). “See 810 ILCS 5/2-717; Ohio Rev.Code Ann. § 1302.”
Pamado, Inc. v. Hedinger Brands, LLC, 785 F. Supp. 2d 698 (N.D. Ill. 2011). “” 810 ILCS 5/2-717 (emphasis added). But, under Illinois law, “distributorship agreements and the purchase orders that arise under them are different contracts.”
To-Am Equip. Co. v. Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift Am., 913 F. Supp. 1148 (N.D. Ill. 1995). “” 810 ILCS 5/2-717 (emphasis added). According to To-Am, the purchase orders and the Agreement are the “same” contract, and thus the outstanding balance from the purchase orders is subject to set-off to the extent of the damages arising from MCFA’s alleged breach of the…”
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