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Business Law I Exam 2
Contract Law
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Business
Not Applicable
10/25/2011

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Term
Stages of Contract Law
Definition

1. Contract Formation

2. Evidentiary Consideration

3. Public Policy Considerations

4. Legally Enforceable Contract Exists

5. Breach

6. Remedy

 

*Is the deal enforceable outside contract law?

Term
Three Parts of Contract Formation
Definition

1. Offer

2. Acceptance

3. Consideration

Term
Components of a Valid Offer
Definition

1. Intent

2. Deffinitness of essential terms

3. Communication of offer to offeree

Term
Excelleration Clause
Definition
Pay off in entirety
Term
6 ways to terminate an offer
Definition

1. Lapse of Time (reasonable lapse of time terminates)

2. Rejection of offer by oferee

3. Revocation of the offer by the offeror (before acceptance)

4. Destruction of subject matter before acceptance

5. Death of either party before acceptance

6. Illegal offer

Term
Exceptions of Revocation of offer by offeror
Definition

1. Option Contract

2. Uniform Commercial Code

3. Partial Peformance of Unilateral Contract

4. Promissory Estoppel

 

Term
Valid Acceptance
Definition

1. Assent

2. Exact Terms of offer

3. Communication in manner of requested or authorized

Term
Mailbox Rules
Definition

1. Acceptance: Effective upon Proper Dispatch; when rejection is sent after acceptance, first to arrive rules

2. Revocation: Effective upon "arrival"

3. Rejection: Effective upon "arrival"

 

Term
Legal Detriments (Considerations)
Definition

1. Act - payment or actual affirmative act.

2. Forbearance - passing up on act

3. A promise to perform an act of forbearance

4. Creation/modification/destruction of a legal right or relationship.

Term
Statute of Frauds
Definition

1. Does a particular type of contract have to be in writing?

2. Is the writing which was created sufficient.

Term
What types of contracts must be in writing?
Definition

1. Contracts that will last 1 or more years

2. Suretyship (Security) Contracts

3. Real Estate

4. Uniformal Commercial Contract

-Goods > $500

-Personal > $5000

Term
What must the writing of the contract contain?
Definition

1. Clear Statement

2. Specific Description of the subject matter

3. Essential terms must be present

4. Signatures of parties involved

Term
Parole Evidence Rule
Definition

making changes orally after the document is written.

Complete or Partial Agreement?

Term
Capacity
Definition
a person may not be bound by contract and will not be required to fulfill a contract unless they have the legal capacity to incur the duties of the contract
Term
Capacity Issues
Definition

1. Age Incapacity

2. Intoxication Incapacity

3. Mental Incapacity

 

Term
Age Incapacity Issues
Definition

- Misrepresentation

- Emancipation

- Ratification

- Necessity (Necessitation)

Term
Policy Considerations
Definition

1. Capacity

2. Illegality

2. Public Policy Violations

4. Genuine Assent

5. Misrepresentations

6. Unconscionability

Term
What is the effect of a mistake on the enforceability of a contract?
Definition

Mutual Mistakes (contract NOT enforced when both parties make a mistake regarding the subject matter)

Unilateral Mistakes (contract enforced if only one parties made a mistake regarding contract)

Term
Legal Justification for Failure to Perform
Definition

1. Express Conditions

2. Implied Condtions

3. Constructive Conditions

4. Legal Excuse

Term
Remedies for Breach of Contract
Definition

1. Money Damages

2. Restitution

3. Specific Performance

Term
Three criteria of Money Damages
Definition

1. Forceable

2. Calculated with reasonable certainity

3. Unavoidable

Term
Promissory Estoppel
Definition
when a person makes a false statement to another and the listener relies on what was told to him/her in good faith and to his/her disadvantage.
Term
Unjust Enrichment
Definition
a benefit by chance, mistake, or another's misfortune for which the one enriched has not paid or worked and morally and ethically should not keep.
Term
Lucy v. Zehmer
Definition

Manifestation of Intent of Contract

Intoxication Incapacity

 

- Reasonable belief that party has serious intent to enter contract

 

Term
Farris v. Enberg
Definition

Definiteness of Contract (Terms)

 

- Ideas are not a contract and must define terms of contract

Term
Vian v. Carey
Definition

Verbal Contract

 

-Must explictly layout terms of contract

Term
Leonard v. Pepsico Inc.
Definition

Advertisement

 

-Not an offer, must be specific to offeree

Term
Newman v. Schiff
Definition

Acceptance

 

-Time limit must be clear and offeree must accept within time frame

Term
Jackson v. Conneticut Lottery
Definition

Fine Print Clauses

 

-Three components to valid offer (KNOW CONTRACT)

1. Manifestation of intent

2. Definiteness of essential terms

3. Communication

Term
ProCD Inc. v. Zeidenberg
Definition

Shrink Wrap

 

-If terms are clear before purchase and opporunity to return = valid

Term
Calabro v. Calabro
Definition

Promissory Estoppel

 

-If terms are clear, then contract. Offeree can rely on offeror

Term
Cushing v. Thompson
Definition

Acceptance

 

-Acceptance occurs when post marked

Term
Gottlieb v. Tropicana Hotel and Casino
Definition

Consideration

 

-When promotional offer benefits offeror than there is consideration

Term
Hammer v. Sidway
Definition

Consideration

 

-Either party doesnt have to benefit from contract OR forbearance can be consideration

Term
Milligan v. Big Valley
Definition

Liability Waiver

 

-Enforceable

1. Duty to public

2. Nature of service (essential/non)

3. Contract fairly entered

4. Contract is understandable

Term
Hadocy Pontiac v. Lee
Definition

Age Incapacity

 

-Affirmatively misrep their age, then minor cannot dissafirm a contract.

Term
Kieffer v. Howe Motors
Definition

Age Incapacity

 

-Minor may NOT dissafirm a contract once emancipated

Term
Bobby Floars Toyota v. Smith
Definition

Age Incapacity

 

-May dissafirm contract until age of majority

Term
Webster v. Sheridan...icecream
Definition

Age Incapacity

 

-Minor cannot dissafirm when necessity

Term
Stambvosky v. Ackley
Definition

Superior Knowledge

 

-Superior knowledge allows recission(take back) of contract

Term
Seattle Times v. Tilsch
Definition

Lottery

 

-Elements

1. Prize

2. Consideration

3. Chance

Term
Marvin v. Marvin
Definition

Sexual Services

 

-Can be contract as long as relationship isnt based on sexual services

Term
McCall v. Frampton
Definition

Public Policy

 

-Illegal if goes against public policy (audultry)

Term
Culumbia University v. Jacobsen
Definition

Mission Statements

 

-Not specific enough to an individual (generalized)

Term
Vokes v. Arthur Murrary
Definition

Superior Knowledge

 

-when one party has superiority then regarded as fact

Term
Murphy v. McNamara
Definition

Unequal Bargaining

 

-Unequal and Unconscionability then unfair

Term
Beachcomber Coins v. Baskett
Definition

Mutual/Unilateral Mistake

 

-Mutual based on knowledge of parties

Term
Wilkin v. First Source Bank
Definition

Mutual/Unilateral Mistake

 

-Both parties were unaware of items in the household (mutual)

Term
Heiman v. Parrish
Definition

Conditional Gift

 

-Gift was given and would be accepted upon act

Term
Bush v. ProTravel International
Definition

Cancellation

 

-Legal Justification

-Legal Excuse

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