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Patton (P) agreed to honor Mid-Continent's (D) credit cards in return for an exclusive territorial agreement. D allowed other truck stops to accept their card in the same territory that was guaranteed to P. P sued for breach. The jury awarded P compensatory and punitive damages. D appealed; it was error to award punitive damages for breach of contract.

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