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CONTRACTS IN THE REAL WORLD
Title
Copyright
Dedication
CONTENTS
ANNOTATED CONTENTS
1. GETTING IN: CONTRACT FORMATION
A. Gifts, Bargains, Reliance: MLK and BU
B. Ads or Offers: Pepsi and Harrier Jets
C. Frolic or Acceptance: Boasts on “Dateline NBC”
D. Mutual Assent: Spyware and Secret Clauses
E. Policies or Pacts: The Cleveland.com Blogger
2. FACING LIMITS: UNENFORCEABLE BARGAINS
A. Unconscionability: Gail Waters’s Annuity Swap
B. Blackmail: Michael Jordan’s Paternity
C. Palimony: The Rapper 50 Cent
D. Gambling: Octogenarian Powerball Sisters
E. Making Babies: Baby M, Baby Calvert
3. GETTING OUT: EXCUSES AND TERMINATION
A. Mistake and Warranty: Madoff’s Ponzi Scheme
B. Impossibility and Force Majeure: Donald Trump
C. Infancy: Craig Traylor of “Malcolm in the Middle”
D. Outrage: AIG’s Employee Bonuses
E. Embarrassment: The New York Mets and Citi Field
4. PAYING UP: REMEDIES
A. Interests and Limits: Paris Hilton and “Pledge This!”
B. Compensation: Paris Hilton and Hairtech
C. Markets and Mitigation: Redskins Season Tickets
D. Stated Remedies: Sprint’s Early Termination Fees
E. Specific Performance: Tyson Chickens and IBP Pork
5. REWINDING: RESTITUTION AND UNJUST ENRICHMENT
A. Gratuity or Exchange: Caring for Aunt Frances
B. Mere Volunteers: Battling Alaskan Beetles
C. Trailing Promises: Lena Saves Lee’s Life
D. Novel Ideas: The Making of “The Sopranos”
E. Off-Contract Remedies: Rod Stewart at the Rio
6. WRITING IT DOWN: INTERPRETATION, PAROL, FRAUDS
A. Plain Meaning I: Eminem’s Digital Records
B. Plain Meaning II: Dan Rather’s Last Broadcast
C. Parol Evidence: The Golden Globes
D. Scrivener’s Error: Who Owns the L.A. Dodgers?
E. Statute of Frauds: Cliff Dumas’s Phantom Radio Deal
7. PERFORMING: DUTIES, MODIFICATION, GOOD FAITH
A. Implied Terms: Butch Lewis and Maya Angelou
B. Express Terms: Clive Cussler’s Movie “Sahara”
C. Unanticipated Circumstances: Deutsche Building
D. Accord and Satisfaction: Lady Gaga
E. Adjustment: Conan and “The Tonight Show”
8. HEDGING: CONDITIONS
A. Interpretation and Effect: Kevin Costner’s Bison
B. Order of Performance: Charlie Sheen and Warner
C. Partial or Total Breach: Sheen and Warner II
D. Waiver: Sheen and Warner III
E. Substantial Performance: Sandra Bullock’s Lake House
9. CONSIDERING OTHERS: THIRD PARTIES AND SOCIETY
A. Beneficiaries: Supply Chain Abuse at Wal-Mart
B. Assignment: JP Morgan’s Cablevisión Loan
C. Interference: New England Patriots and StubHub
D. Torts: Katie Janeway’s Tragic Accident
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
1: GETTING IN: Contract Formation
A. GIFTS, BARGAINS, RELIANCE: MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND BOSTON UNIVERSITY
A Charitable Pledge
Estopping Aretha Franklin
B. ADS OR OFFERS: PEPSI AND HARRIER JETS
“First Come, First Served”
Orders at the U.S. Mint
Jesting
C. FROLIC OR ACCEPTANCE: BOASTS ON “DATELINE NBC”
The Curious Carbolic Smoke Ball
The Hole in One
D. MUTUAL ASSENT: SPYWARE AND SECRET CLAUSES
Two Ships Peerless
E. POLICIES OR PACTS: THE CLEVELAND.COM BLOGGER
Mobil Coal’s Employee Handbook
Breaching Promises of Secrecy
2: FACING LIMITS: Unenforceable Bargains
A. UNCONSCIONABILITY: GAIL WATERS’S ANNUITY SWAP
Chasing Alaska Gold
Escaping Nazi Greece
The Christmas Dollar Joke
B. BLACKMAIL: MICHAEL JORDAN’S PATERNITY
The Blackmail of David Letterman
Child Support
C. PALIMONY: THE RAPPER 50 CENT
Lee Marvin’s Lover
D. GAMBLING: OCTOGENARIAN POWERBALL SISTERS
E. MAKING BABIES: BABY M, BABY CALVERT
3: GETTING OUT: Excuses and Termination
A. MISTAKE AND WARRANTY: MADOFF’S PONZI SCHEME
The Forged Dime
The Fertile Cow
The Fake Stradivarius
B. IMPOSSIBILITY AND FORCE MAJEURE: DONALD TRUMP
The Uninsurable Roller Rink
C. INFANCY: CRAIG TRAYLOR OF “MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE”
D. OUTRAGE: AIG’S EMPLOYEE BONUSES
E. EMBARRASSMENT: THE NEW YORK METS AND CITI FIELD
4: PAYING UP: Remedies
A. INTERESTS AND LIMITS: PARIS HILTON AND “PLEDGE THIS!”
“Clever Endeavor”
Vanessa Redgrave’s Losses
Jack Dempsey’s Breached Bout
Robert Reed’s English Misadventure
B. COMPENSATION: PARIS HILTON AND HAIRTECH
The Hairy Hand
The Beatles’ Recordings
C. MARKETS AND MITIGATION: REDSKINS SEASON TICKETS
The Bridge to Nowhere
Lost Volume Sellers
Shirley MacLaine’s “Bloomer Girl”
D. STATED REMEDIES: SPRINT’S EARLY TERMINATION FEES
The Delayed Mausoleum
Vanderbilt’s Traitorous Football Coach
E. SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE: TYSON CHICKENS AND IBP PORK
A Unique Manhattan Billboard
5 REWINDING: Restitution and Unjust Enrichment
A. GRATUITY OR EXCHANGE: CARING FOR AUNT FRANCES
Bascom’s Folly
Emergency Surgery
B. MERE VOLUNTEERS: BATTLING ALASKAN BEETLES
The Plagiarism Informant
C. TRAILING PROMISES: LENA SAVES LEE’S LIFE
The Heroic Lumberman
An Escaped Bull
D. NOVEL IDEAS: THE MAKING OF “THE SOPRANOS”
E. OFF-CONTRACT REMEDIES: ROD STEWART AT THE RIO
6: WRITING IT DOWN: Interpretation, Parol, Frauds
A. PLAIN MEANING I: EMINEM’S DIGITAL RECORDS
B. PLAIN MEANING II: DAN RATHER’S LAST BROADCAST
C. PAROL EVIDENCE: THE GOLDEN GLOBES
D. SCRIVENER’S ERROR: WHO OWNS THE L.A. DODGERS?
The Fraudulent Architect
The Erroneous Deed
E. STATUTE OF FRAUDS: CLIFF DUMAS’S PHANTOM RADIO DEAL
Jane Fonda’s Luckless Agent
Elizabeth Arden’s Fortunate Hire
7: PERFORMING: Duties, Modification, Good Faith
A. IMPLIED TERMS: BUTCH LEWIS AND MAYA ANGELOU
Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon
B. EXPRESS TERMS: CLIVE CUSSLER’S MOVIE “SAHARA”
TSM’s Tom Waits Recordings
Lucy, Again
C. UNANTICIPATED CIRCUMSTANCES: DEUTSCHE BUILDING
Unexpected Industrial Detritus
Unexpected Landfill Needs
The Salmon Fishermen’s Threat
D. ACCORD AND SATISFACTION: LADY GAGA
The Disputed Home Improvements
E. ADJUSTMENT: CONAN AND “THE TONIGHT SHOW”
8: HEDGING: Conditions
A. INTERPRETATION AND EFFECT: KEVIN COSTNER’S BISON
An Aborted Vineyard Sale
A Crop Insurance Caper
B. ORDER OF PERFORMANCE: CHARLIE SHEEN AND WARNER
The Country Hotel Sale Bust
The Four-Stage Construction
C. PARTIAL OR TOTAL BREACH: SHEEN AND WARNER II
An Accidental Bulldozing
D. WAIVER: SHEEN AND WARNER III
The Imbibing Professor
E. SUBSTANTIAL PERFORMANCE: SANDRA BULLOCK’S LAKE HOUSE
The Wrong Plumbing Pipes
A Misplaced Living Room Wall
The Unrestored Peevyhouse Property
The Ungraded Gravel Lot
9: CONSIDERING OTHERS: Third Parties and Society
A. BENEFICIARIES: SUPPLY CHAIN ABUSE AT WAL-MART
A Sweatshop in Brooklyn
B. ASSIGNMENT: JP MORGAN’S CABLEVISIÓN LOAN
Sally Beauty
Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream
C. INTERFERENCE: NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AND STUBHUB
D. TORTS: KATIE JANEWAY’S TRAGIC ACCIDENT
Amnesty for Ordinary Negligence
A Misleading Authorization
CONCLUSION
NOTES
Introduction
1. Getting In: Contract Formation
2. Facing Limits: Unenforceable Bargains
3. Getting Out: Excuses and Termination
4. Paying Up: Remedies
5. Rewinding: Restitution and Unjust Enrichment
6. Writing It Down: Interpretation, Parol, Frauds
7. Performing: Duties, Modification, Good Faith
8. Hedging: Conditions
9. Considering Others: Third Parties and Society
Conclusion
TABLE OF CASES
INDEX
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