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Contracts
Section
1
Part I. Principles of Contractual Obligation
Section Contents
1.1
Leonard v. Pepsico Inc.
88 F. Supp. 2d 116
1999
Case
1.2
Ray v. Eurice
201 Md. 115
1952
Case
1.3
Posner, Economic Analysis of Law (pp. 13-14, 89-91)
Link
1.4
Hurley v. Eddingfield
156 Ind. 416
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Case
1.5
I. A. Grounds for Enforcing Promises
1.5.1
I. A. 1. Formality
1.5.1.1
Congregation Kadimah Toras-Moshe v. DeLeo
405 Mass. 365
1989
Case
1.5.2
I. A. 2. Bargain
1.5.2.1
Hamer v. Sidway
124 N.Y. 538
1981
Case
1.5.2.2
Earle v. Angell
157 Mass. 294
1892
Case
1.5.2.3
Whitten v. Greeley-Shaw
520 A. 2d 1307
1987
Case
1.5.2.4
Restatement of Contracts, Second, §§ 71, 81
Link
1.5.2.5
Duncan v. Black
324 SW 2d 483
1959
Case
1.5.3
1. A. 3. Benefit
1.5.3.1
MILLS v. WYMAN.
3 Pick 207
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Case
1.5.3.2
Webb v. McGowin
27 Ala.App 82
1935
Case
1.5.3.3
Harrington v. Taylor.
225 N.C. 690
1945
Case
1.5.3.4
Restatement (First) of Restitution, § 112
Link
1.5.3.5
Restatement of Contracts, Second, § 86
Link
1.5.3.6
Edson v. Poppe.
24 S.D. 466
1920
Case
1.5.3.7
Muir v. Kane
55 Wash. 131
1909
Case
1.5.3.8
In re Schoenkerman’s Estate
236 Wis. 311
1940
Case
1.5.3.9
In re Crisan Estate
107 NW 2d 907
1961
Case
1.5.4
1. A. 4. Reliance
1.5.4.1
Kirksey v. Kirksey
8 Ala. 131
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Case
1.5.4.2
Ricketts v. Scothorn
77 N.W. 365
1898
Case
1.5.4.3
Allegheny College v. National Chautauqua County Bank of Jamestown
246 N.Y. 369
1927
Case
1.5.4.4
Siegel v. Spear & Co.
234 N. Y. 479
1923
Case
1.5.4.5
Feinberg v. Pfeiffer Co.
322 S.W. 2d 163
1959
Case
1.5.4.6
D'Ulisse-Cupo v. Board of Directors of Notre Dame High School
202 Conn. 206
1987
Case
1.5.4.7
Restatement of Contracts, Second, § 90
Link
1.6
Atiyah, The Rise and Fall of Freedom of Contract
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1.7
I. B. Defective Consideration
1.7.1
I. B. 1. The Problem of "Inadequate" Consideration
1.7.1.1
Batsakis v. Demotsis
226 S.W.2d 673
1949
Case
1.7.1.2
American Home Imp., Inc. v. MacIver
14 A.L.R.3d 324
1964
Case
1.7.1.3
U.C.C. §2-302
Link
1.7.1.4
Waters v. Min Ltd.
412 Mass. 64
1992
Case
1.7.1.5
Restatement of Contracts, Second, § 208
Link
1.7.2
I. B. 2. Contract Revisions and the Legal-Duty Rule
1.7.2.1
U.C.C. § 2-209
Link
1.7.2.2
Alaska Packers' Ass'n v. Domenico
117 F. 99
1902
Case
1.7.2.3
Schwartzreich v. Bauman-Basch
231 N. Y. 196
1921
Case
1.7.2.4
Goebel v. Linn.
47 Mich. 489
1882
Case
1.7.2.5
Nat. Fedn. of Indep. Business v. Sebelius
132 S. Ct. 2566
2012
Case
1.7.3
I. B. 3. "Illusory" Promises and Related Fairness Issues
1.7.3.1
Wickham & Burton Coal Co. v. Farmers' Lumber Co.
189 Iowa 1183
1920
Case
1.7.3.2
Gurfein v. Werbelovsky
118 A. 32
1922
Case
1.7.3.3
Restatement of Contracts, Second, § 77
Link
1.7.3.4
Wood v. Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon
222 N. Y. 88
1917
Case
1.7.3.5
Omni Group v. Seattle-First Nat'l Bank
32 Wn. App. 22
1982
Case
1.7.3.6
Corenswet Inc. v. Amana Refrigeration Inc.
594 F. 2d 129
1979
Case
1.7.3.7
U.C.C. § 1-203
Link
1.7.3.8
Gianni Sport Ltd v. Gantos Inc.
391 NW 2d 760
1986
Case
1.7.3.9
Restatement of Contracts, Second, § 205
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1.8
I. C. Freedom of Contract and Public Policy
1.8.1
Sheets v. Teddy's Frosted Foods Inc.
179 Conn. 471
1980
Case
1.8.2
Price v. Carmack Datsun Inc.
109 Ill.2d 65
1985
Case
1.8.3
Matter of Baby M.
109 NJ 396
1988
Case
1.8.4
Kessler, Gilmore, and Kronman, Contracts: Cases and Materials (Ch. 2)
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