Contract

Cases

  • Class 1, 08-26-19, Promises, Expectations, and a Hairy Hand:
    Introduction to the Law of Contracts: Hawkins v. McGee, 84 N.H. 114, 146 A. 641 (1929)

  • Class 2, 08-28-19, Promises to Make a Gift?:
    Hamer v. Sidway, 124 N.Y. 538, 27 N.E. 256 (1891)

  • Class 3, 09-04-19, Basics of Consideration:
    Kirksey v. Kirksey, 8 Ala. 131 (1845)

  • Class 3, 09-04-19, Basics of Consideration:
    Batsakis v. Demotsis, 226 S.W.2d 673 (1949)

  • Class 4, 09-09-19, Basics of Consideration:
    Feinberg v. Pfeiffer Co., 322 S.W.2d 163 (1959)

  • Edward Yorio and Steve Thel, The Promissory Basis of Section 90

  • Class 5, 09-11-19, Contract Formation:
    Wood v. Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, 222 N.Y. 88, 118 N.E. 214 (1917)

  • Class 6, 09-16-19, Contract Formation: Mutual Assent and Mistake:
    Lucy v. Zehmer, 196 Va. 493, 84 S.E.2d 516 (1954)

  • Class 6, 09-16-19, Contract Formation:
    Mutual Assent and Mistake: Raffles v. Wichelhaus 2 Hurl. & C., 906, 159 Eng. Rep. 375 (Ex. 1864)

  • Class 7, 09-18-19, Contract Formation; Offer and Acceptance:
    Lefkowitz v. Great Minneapolis Surplus Store, Inc., 251 Minn. 188, 86 N.W.2d 689 (1957)

  • Class 8, 09-23-19, Acceptance by Performance:
    Ever-Tite Roofing Corp. v. Green, 83 So. 2d 449 (La. Ct. App. 1955)

  • Class 9, 09-25-19, Reliance on Contract Offers Prior to Acceptance and Promissory Estoppel:
    Hoffman v. Red Owl Stores, 26 Wis. 2d 683, 133 N.W.2d 267 (1965)

  • Class 10, 09-30-19, Contracting in a Digital World:
    Procd, Inc. v. Zeidenberg, 86 F.3d 1447 (7th Cir. 1996)

  • Class 11, 10-02-19, Products Liability and Waivers:
    Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors, 161 A.2d 69 (N.J. 1960)

  • Class 12, 10-07-19, Unfairness and Unconscionability:
    Alaska Packers' Asso. v. Domenico, 117 F. 99, 1902 U.S. App. LEXIS 4410

  • Class 13, 10-09-19, Foreseeability of Damages:
    Rockingham Cty. v. Luten Bridge Co., 35 F.2d 301 (4th Cir. 1929)

  • Class 13, 10-09-19, Foreseeability of Damages:
    Hadley v. Baxendale, [1854] EWHC J70

  • Class 14 Case Brief, 10-14-19, Consequential Damages:
    Peevyhouse v. Garland Coal Mining Co., 1962 OK 267, 382 P.2d 109

  • Class 15 Case Brief, 10-16-19, Restitution and Quantum Meruit:
    Britton v. Turner, 6 N.H. 481 (1834)

    • Assignments

  • Week 1, 08-29-19: Hamer v. Sidway, 124 N.Y. 538, 27 N.E. 256 (1891)

  • Week 2, 09-05-19: Batsakis v. Demotsis, 226 S.W.2d 673 (1949)

  • Week 3, 09-12-19: Wood v. Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, 222 N.Y. 88, 118 N.E. 214 (1917),
    read Neumann, pp. 191-198
  • Walter Pratt, American Contract Law at the Turn of the Century, 39 S.C. L. REV. 415 (1988)

  • Victor P. Goldberg, Reading Wood v. Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon with Help from the Kewpie Dolls

  • Week 4, 09-19-19:
  • Can't Script Negotiation

  • The Five Core Concerns of Negotiation

  • Get Off Your Position

  • Week 5, 09-26-19: Hoffman v. Red Owl Stores, 26 Wis. 2d 683, 133 N.W.2d 267 (1965),
    read Neumann pp. 9-21
  • Promissory Estoppel

  • Wisconsin Law Journal, Promissory Estoppel, November 1, 2006

  • Week 6, 10-03-19: Sookie v. Eric, Practice Exam

  • Week 6, 10-03-19: Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors, 161 A.2d 69 (N.J. 1960)
  • UCC § 2-314. Implied Warranty: Merchantability; Usage of Trade

  • Week 7 Case Brief, 10-10-19: Hadley v. Baxendale, [1854] EWHC J70

  • Week 8, 10-17-19: "Escape from Prison?" (Developing a Theory) Paragraphs, see syllabus, read Neumann pp. 231-243

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