White Pearl Inversiones S.A. (Uruguay) v. Cemusa, Inc.

Dist. Ct. did not err in dismissing plaintiff's action alleging breach of contract or quantum meruit theory arising out of agreement in which plaintiff was to provide certain support services to defendant seeking to obtain contract to supply New York City with street furniture containing advertisements. Record showed that defendant had paid plaintiff amount called for in agreement, and while plaintiff performed tasks outside of contract in attempt to have defendant reconsider termination of subsequent contract it had no legal right to either greater payment under existing contract or to any payment under terminated contract. Ct. rejected plaintiff's argument that it was entitled to portion of additional two million proposed settlement that was never consummated and also found that plaintiff could not seek quantum meruit remedy to either increase contract price on existing contract or to obtain recovery for volunteered services done with respect to terminated contract, especially where plaintiff failed to show that said termination violated any term of said contract.