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Section 1

Part I. Principles of Contractual Obligation

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