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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN JOSE DIVISION

MARTINEZ TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
    Plaintiff,
                                        Case No. 5:23-cv-04521-EJD
v.

QUANTUM SOLUTIONS GROUP, LLC,
    Defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Before the Court is Plaintiff Martinez Technologies, Inc.'s Motion for Summary Judgment on its breach of contract claim against Defendant Quantum Solutions Group, LLC. Having consi

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  "case_name": "Martinez Technologies, Inc. v. Quantum Solutions Group, LLC",
  "court": "United States District Court, Northern District of California, San Jose Division",
  "case_number": "5:23-cv-04521-EJD",
  "date_decided": "2024-06-28",
  "holding": "The court grants plaintiff's motion for summary judgment on its breach of contract claim, finding that defendant materially breached the Master Services Agreement by failing to deliver required monthly performance reports and failing to maintain the contractually required 99.9% service uptime.",
  "outcome": "granted",
  "reasoning": "Under California law, breach of contract requires proving existence of contract, plaintiff's performance, defendant's breach, and resulting damages. The undisputed evidence established all four elements: a valid Master Services Agreement existed, plaintiff performed all obligations including payment of $847,500, defendant breached by failing to deliver monthly reports and maintaining only 94.7% uptime versus the required 99.9%, and plaintiff suffered $1,250,000 in damages.",
  "citations": [
    "Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(a)",
    "Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 255 (1986)",
    "Oasis West Realty, LLC v. Goldman, 51 Cal. 4th 811, 821 (2011)",
    "Restatement (Second) of Contracts Section 241 (1981)",
    "GHK Associates v. Mayer Group, Inc., 224 Cal. App. 3d 856, 873 (1990)"
  ],
  "legal_issue": "Breach of contract - whether defendant's failure to deliver performance reports and maintain service uptime constituted material breach of Master Services Agreement",
  "procedural_posture": "Motion for summary judgment on breach of contract claim",
  "facts_summary": "Plaintiff and defendant entered into a Master Services Agreement for cloud infrastructure services. Defendant failed to deliver required monthly performance reports from September 2022 onward and failed to maintain 99.9% uptime, including a 48-hour outage in November 2022. Despite written notice and a 30-day cure period, defendant failed to remedy the deficiencies.",
  "damages_awarded": "$1,250,000 plus pre-judgment interest from January 15, 2023, and reasonable attorneys' fees and costs",
  "document_type": "case_law"
}