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Contract law and legal methods / by Daniel Markovits.
Published
New York, NY : Foundation Press, Thomson Reuters, 2012.
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KF801.A7 M37 2012
ISBN
1599414457
9781599414454
9781599414454
Description
xxxiv, 1,705 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)795517198
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Record Appears in
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Gift of Professor Marvin A. Chirelstein
Gift
The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Gift of Professor Marvin A. Chirelstein
Table of Contents
A Note on the Cases
v
Acknowledgements
vii
Preface
ix
Table of Cases
xxix
pt. ONE
Remedies (Herein of Law and Economics)
ch. 1
Introduction
2
Restatement 2d of Contracts
3
Sullivan v. O'Connor
6
ch. 2
Economic Efficiency
19
2.1.
Why Efficiency?
20
2.2.
Pareto Efficiency
22
2.3.
Monetized Conceptions of Efficiency
25
ch. 3
The Efficiency of Expectation Damages---The Core Argument
29
3.1.
The Perform-or-Breach Decision (With a Digression Concerning the Coase Theorem)
29
3.2.
The Selection and Precaution Decisions
36
ch. 4
A Complication: Limiting Expectation by Certainty and Foreseeability
40
4.1.
The Certainty Requirement
41
Rombola v. Cosindas
41
Freund v. Washington Square Press, Inc.
43
Fera v. Village Plaza, Inc.
48
Freidus v. Eisenberg
53
4.2.
The Foreseeability Requirement
62
Restatement 2d of Contracts
63
Hadley v. Baxendale
69
Victoria Laundry (Windsor) Ltd. v. Newman Indus. Ltd.
71
Evra Corp. v. Swiss Bank Corp.
77
ch. 5
Efficiency and Buyer Decisions
91
5.1.
Double Responsibility at the Margin
91
5.2.
The Reliance Decision
95
5.3.
The Mitigation Decision
97
Rockingham County v. Luten Bridge Co.
98
Canadian Industrial Alcohol Co. v. Dunbar Molasses Co.
100
Parker v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
102
Bomberger v. McKelvey
108
5.4.
The Cure Decision
119
Jacob & Youngs, Inc. v. Kent
123
Peevyhouse v. Garland Coal & Mining Co.
127
Groves v. John Wunder Co.
133
ch. 6
Sales of Goods and the Uniform Commercial Code
147
6.1.
Sellers' Remedies Under the UCC
152
Uniform Commercial Code
152
6.1.A.
The Seller's Action for the Price
154
Uniform Commercial Code
154
Uniform Commercial Code
155
Uniform Commercial Code
157
Uniform Commercial Code
158
Uniform Commercial Code
161
Unlaub v. Sexton
162
6.1.B.
Damages Based on Contract-Resale and Contract-Market Price Differences
169
Uniform Commercial Code
170
Uniform Commercial Code
173
Uniform Commerical Code
174
Uniform Commerical Code
175
Dehahn v. Innes
177
6.1.C.
The Lost Profits Puzzle
187
Lenobel v. Senif
189
Neri v. Retail Marine Corporation
192
6.2.
Buyers' Remedies Under the UCC
203
Uniform Commercial Code
204
6.2.A.
Damages Based on Contract-Cover and Contract-Market Price Differences
206
Uniform Commercial Code
206
Uniform Commercial Code
207
Uniform Commercial Code
208
Maxwell v. Norwood Marine, Inc.
210
6.2.B.
Anticipatory Repudiation
215
Hochster v. De La Tour
215
Uniform Commercial Code
216
Uniform Commercial Code
218
Cargill v. Stafford
220
ch. 7
Remedies Specified by the Parties
231
7.1.
Enforcing Liquidated Damage Clauses
232
Restatement 2d of Contracts
232
Uniform Commercial Code
235
Vines v. Orchard Hills
236
7.2.
Limits on Enforceability
241
7.2.A.
Over-Liquidated Damages and Penalty Clauses
241
Lake River Corp. v. Carborundum Co.
241
7.2.B.
Under Liquidated Damages and the Requirement of a Truly Contractual Remedy
256
Northern Illinois Gas Co. v. Energy Cooperative, Inc.
257
Uniform Commercial Code
262
Kearney & Trecker Corp. v. Master Engraving Co.
264
7.3.
Liquidated Damages Redux
282
ch. 8
Punitive Damages
286
Uniform Commercial Code
286
Restatement 2d of Contracts
287
8.1.
Justifying Punitive Damages
289
8.2.
Punitive Damages in Tort
293
Grimshaw v. Ford Motor Co.
293
8.3.
Punitive Damages in Contract
305
8.3.A.
Punitive Damages Where There Has Been an Independent Tort
306
Excel Handbag Co. v. Edison Bros. Stores Inc.
307
Formosa Plastics Corp. v. Presidio Engineers & Contractors, Inc.
311
8.3.B.
Subject-Matter Specific Punitive Damages
322
Ft. Smith & W. R. Co. v. Ford
323
Hutchinson v. Southern Railway Co.
326
Comunale v. Traders & General Ins. Co.
329
Crisci v. Security Ins. Co. of New Haven
333
Restatement 2d of Contracts
337
Uniform Commercial Code
340
State Farm Mutual Auto Ins. Co. v. Campbell
343
8.3.C.
Punitive Damages for Breach of Contract in General Commercial Settings
347
Seaman's Direct Buying Service, Inc. v. Standard Oil Co.
348
Freeman & Mills, Inc. v. Belcher Oil Co.
360
ch. 9
Specific Performance
384
9.1.
The Official Account of Specific Performance
384
Uniform Commercial Code
385
Sedmak v. Charlie's Chevrolet, Inc.
387
Klein v. PepsiCo, Inc.
390
Van Wagner Advertising Corp. v. S & M Enterprises
392
American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. v. Wolf
402
9.2.
The Case for Specific Performance
411
9.3.
A Re-Conceptualization
418
Gassner v. Lockett
426
ch. 10
Restitution and Rescission
431
Restatement 2d of Contracts
434
Restatement 2d of Contracts
436
Restatement 2d of Contracts
439
Restatement 2d of Contracts
443
Oliver v. Campbell
446
Olwell v. Nye & Nissen Co.
452
Mutual Benefit Life Ins. Co. v. JMR Electronics Corp.
460
ch. 11
Reliance
463
11.1.
Reliance as Expectation
463
Security Stove & Mfg. Co. v. American Railway Express Co.
464
L. Albert & Son v. Armstrong Rubber Co.
468
11.2.
Expectation Without Reliance
479
Uniform Commercial Code
480
Overstreet v. Norden Laboratories, Inc.
483
Chatlos Systems, Inc. v. National Cash Register Corp.
491
Texaco, Inc. v. Pennzoil, Co.
499
pt. TWO
Making Contracts and Making Contractual Meaning (Herein of Formalism, Realism, and the Styles of Legal Doctrine)
ch. 12
Introduction
514
ch. 13
Offer and Acceptance
524
13.1.
Subjective Versus Objective Standards of Intent
526
Bailey v. West
527
Plate v. Durst
531
Restatement 2d of Contracts
539
Restatement 2d of Contracts
540
Leonard v. Pepsico, Inc.
541
Lucy v. Zehmer
547
Restatement 2d of Contracts
560
Persad v. Balram
562
13.2.
Real Offers Versus Invitations to Bargain
570
Fairmount Glass Works v. Crunden-Martin Woodenware Co.
572
Lefkowitz v. Great Minneapolis Surplus Store, Inc.
574
Restatement 2d of Contracts
577
Dyno Construction Company v. McWane, Inc.
582
Izadi v. Machado (Gus) Ford, Inc.
588
13.3.
Acceptance
601
Inteternational Telemeter Corp. v. Teleprompter Corp.
602
Restatement 2d of Contracts
611
Ever-Tite Roofing Corp. v. Green et ux.
612
Restatement 2d of Contracts
616
Restatement 2d of Contracts
618
13.4.
Revocation
629
13.4.A.
The Mailbox Rule
629
Restatement 2d of Contracts
629
Uniform Commercial Code
633
United States Domestic Mail Manual (current version)
635
The Postal Law and Regulations of the United States of America (1879 version)
636
13.4.B.
Irrevocable Offers
638
James Baird Co. v. Gimbel Bros., Inc.
639
Restatement 2d of Contracts
641
Restatement 2d of Contracts
642
Restatement 2d of Contracts
643
Restatement (Second) of Contracts [§] 90
646
Uniform Commercial Code
650
Drennan v. Star Paving Co.
652
ch. 14
Failures to Engage
666
14.1.
Incompleteness
666
Varney v. Ditmars
668
Corthell v. Summit Thread Co.
676
Paloukos v. Intermountain Chevrolet Co.
680
Uniform Commercial Code
685
Uniform Commercial Code
686
Restatement 2d of Contracts
691
Joseph Martin, Jr. Delicatessen v. Schumacher
691
Sun Printing & Publishing Ass'n v. Remington Paper & Power Co.
694
14.2.
Mistake
706
Anderson Brothers Corp. v. O'Meara
708
Sherwood v. Walker
713
Raffles v. Wichelhaus
719
Restatement 2d of Contracts
723
Restatement 2d of Contracts
726
Restatement 2d of Contracts
732
Restatement 2d of Contracts
737
14.3.
The Battle of the Forms
739
Restatement (First) of Contracts
740
Youngstown Steel Erecting Co. v. MacDonald Engineering Co.
741
Restatement 2d of Contracts
748
Restatement 2d of Contracts
749
Restatement 2d of Contracts
750
Uniform Commercial Code
750
Roto---Lith, Ltd. v. F.P. Bartlett & Co.
753
Ionics, Inc. v. Elmwood Sensors, Inc.
756
Uniform Commercial Code
767
Step-Saver Data Sys. v. Wyse Tech
770
ProCD, Incorporated v. Zeidenberg
781
I. Lan Sys. v. Netscout Serv. Level Corp.
790
ch. 15
Consideration
797
15.1.
Two Approaches to Consideration
798
Harner v. Sidway
798
Kirksey v. Kirksey
801
St. Peter v. Pioneer Theatre Corp.
804
Restatement 2d of Contracts
812
Restatement (Second) of Contracts
815
15.2.
The Bargain Theory of Consideration and the Value of Pure Form
818
15.3.
Identifying Bargains
828
15.3.A.
Subjective Versus Objective Tests for Bargains
829
Fiege v. Boehm
830
Restatement 2d of Contracts
835
15.3.B.
Illusory Promises
843
Wood v. Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon
844
Mattei v. Hopper
845
Eastern Airlines, Inc. v. Gulf Oil Corp.
849
Uniform Commercial Code
858
15.3.C.
The Pre-Existing Duty Rule
864
Alaska Packers' Ass'n v. Domenico
865
Ralston Purina Co. v. McNabb
874
Uniform Commercial Code
877
Restatement 2d of Contracts
878
ch. 16
Alternative Paths to Contract?
886
16.1.
The Misrepresentation Torts: An External Threat to Contract
890
16.1.A.
Misrepresentations Far From Promise
892
Commonwealth v. Stratton
892
Bartolo v. Boardwalk Regency Hotel Casino, Inc.
894
Restatement (Second) of Torts
895
Haralson v. Jones Truck Line
897
Wooderson v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp.
899
Restatement (Second) of Torts
902
Restatement (Second) of Torts
904
16.1.B.
Misrepresentations Nearer Promise
911
Glanzer v. Shepard
912
16.1.A.1.
Fraud
916
Restatement (Second) of Torts
917
Reno v. Bull
920
Morse v. Hutchins
921
Restatement (Second) of Torts
924
Restatement (Second) of Torts
933
Restatement (Second) of Contracts
935
Hudson v. Insteel Industries, Inc.
937
16.1.A.1.a.
Scienter
946
Restatement (Second) of Torts
946
Restatement (Second) of Torts
948
Restatement (Second) of Torts
951
Restatement (Second) of Contracts
953
Derry v. Peek
956
Ultramares Corp. v. Touche
959
Non-Linear Trading Co., Inc. v. Braddis Associates, Inc.
970
16.1.A.1.b.
Reliance
975
Restatement (Second) of Torts
975
Restatement (Second) of Torts
977
Restatement (Second) of Torts
978
Bibb v. Bickford
978
16.1.A.2.
Negligent Misrepresentation
981
16.1.A.2.a.
Limiting Remedies to Reliance
983
Restatement (Second) of Torts
983
16.1.A.2.b.
Limiting Obligation by Reasonable Reliance and Antecedent Duty
984
Restatement (Second) of Torts
987
16.1.C.
Products Liability and Breach of Warranty
998
16.1.C.1.
Reliance and the Benefits of the Bargain
998
Restatement (Second) of Torts
998
Restatement (Second) of Torts
1002
Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability
1005
Uniform Commercial Code
1006
Uniform Commercial Code
1009
Uniform Commercial Code
1012
Uniform Commercial Code
1014
Uniform Commercial Code
1017
Hendricks v. Callahan
1018
CBS Inc. v. Ziff-Davis Publishing Co.
1023
Overstreet v. Norden Labs
1031
16.1.C.2.
Easy to Create; Hard to Waive
1039
Ford Motor Co. v. Lemieux Lumber Co., Inc.
1039
Randy Knitwear v. American Cyanamid Co.
1041
Vlases v. Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc.
1046
Weisz v. Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc.
1048
Weisz v. Parke-Bernet Galeries Inc.
1052
Restatement (Second) of Contracts
1052
16.1.D.
Avoiding Contractual Obligation on Account of Misrepresentation
1063
Restatement (Second) of Contracts
1064
Restatement (Second) of Contracts
1065
Restatement (Second) of Contracts
1068
Restatement (Second) of Contracts
1071
Restatement (Second) of Contracts
1074
16.1.E.
Summary
1075
16.2.
Promissory Estoppel: An Internal Threat to Contract
1076
Restatement (Second) of Contracts
1077
16.2.A.
Promissory Estoppel Modestly Construed: A Cure for Technical Defects in Contract Formation on the Orthodox Model
1083
Feinberg v. Pfeiffer Co.
1083
Rickets v. Scothorn
1087
James Baird Co. v. Gimbel Bros., Inc.
1093
Drennan v. Star Paving Co.
1093
16.2.B.
Promissory Estoppel Beyond Promise: The Orthodox Model at Risk
1094
Hoffman v. Red Owl Stores, Inc.
1095
Coley v. Lang
1102
ch. 17
Fixing Contractual Meaning
1111
17.1.
Contract Construction
1113
17.1.A.
The Parol Evidence Rule
1114
Mitchell v. Lath
1114
Masterson v. Sine
1122
17.1.B.
Merger Clauses
1136
Uniform Commercial Code
1136
Restatement (Second) of Contracts
1137
Hunt Foods v. Doliner
1140
Connell v. Diamond T. Truck Company
1145
Columbia Nitrogen v. Royster
1147
Southern Concrete Services v. Mabelton Contractors, Inc.
1151
17.2.
Contract Interpretation
1161
In re Soper's Estate
1162
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. v. G.W. Thomas Drayage & Rigging Co.
1169
Uniform Commercial Code
1172
Trident Center v. Connecticut General Life Ins. Co.
1177
pt. THREE
Freedom of Contract and Its Limits (Herein of Law and Morals)
ch. 18
Introduction
1192
ch. 19
Good Faith
1204
19.1.
Good Faith in Performance
1204
Restatement (Second) of Contracts
1204
Uniform Commercial Code
1207
Uniform Commercial Code
1208
19.1.A.
The Metes and Bounds of Good Faith
1214
Eastern Air Lines, Inc. v. Gulf Oil Corp
1217
19.1.B.
Good Faith and Contractual Solidarity
1220
19.1.C.
Good Faith as a Pedestrian Ideal
1223
Market St. Assocs. Ltd. P'ship v. Frey
1224
19.1.D.
Good Faith at Contract's Core
1240
19.2.
Good Faith in Negotiations
1242
19.2.A.
The Negotiation Relation
1242
Sun Printing & Publishing Ass'n v. Remington Paper & Power Co.
1246
Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America v. Tribune Company
1246
ch. 20
Contracts of Adhesion
1267
20.1.
A Functionalist Analysis of Contracts of Adhesion
1268
Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors
1269
Northwestern Nat'l Ins. Co. v. Donovan
1289
20.2.
Contracts of Adhesion and the Contractual Form
1297
Steven v. The Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York
1298
20.3.
Displaced Bargaining
1316
ch. 21
Arbitration Agreements
1323
21.1.
Third-Party Arbitration
1326
Nute v. Hamilton Mutual Insurance Co.
1326
The Federal Arbitration Act
1335
Vimar Seguros y Reaseguros, S.A. v. M/V Sky Reefer
1339
21.2.
First Party Arbitration
1346
United Steelworkers of America v. American Mfg. Co.
1347
United Steelworkers of Am. v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co.
1351
United Steelworkers of Am. v. Enterprise Wheel & Car Corp
1356
21.3.
Arbitration's Arbitrage
1363
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc.
1364
14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett
1374
21.4.
Conclusion
1389
ch. 22
The Employment Contract
1391
22.1.
Classical Employment at Will
1391
Forrer v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
1392
22.2.
Modern Departures From Employment at Will
1397
Wagenseller v. Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
1398
Fortune v. National Cash Register Co.
1420
22.3.
Substantive Versus Procedural Rights in the Employment Contract
1429
Cotran v. Rollins Hudig Hall International, Inc.
1431
22.4.
Conclusion
1446
ch. 23
Marriage
1450
23.1.
The Law of Baron and Feme
1450
Lewis v. Lewis
1458
Balfour v. Balfour
1464
23.2.
Marriage Today
1471
23.2.A.
Ante-Nuptial Agreements
1473
Crews v. Crews
1474
Uniform Premarital Agreement Act of 1983
1484
Uniform Premarital Agreement Act
1486
Simeone v. Simeone
1492
23.2.B.
Contractualizing Domestic Relations
1505
Miller v. Miller
1505
Marvin v. Marvin
1507
Morone v. Morone
1520
Hewitt v. Hewitt
1525
Restatement (Second) of Contracts
1533
Restatement (Second) of Contracts
1534
The Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act
1541
The French Facte Civil de Solidarity
1545
ch. 24
Contract and Constraint
1550
24.1.
Legal Constraints on Contractual Freedom
1551
Restatement (Second) of Contracts
1552
Roddy Eden v. Berle
1558
In re Baby M
1564
Johnson v. Calvert
1591
A.Z. v. B.Z.
1601
Kass v. Kass
1608
24.2.
Legal Protections for Contractual Freedom
1620
24.2.A.
General Contractual Incapacity
1621
Restatement (Second) of Contracts
1621
Restatement (Second) of Contracts
1623
Restatement (Second) of Contracts
1625
Keifer v. Fred Howe Motors, Inc.
1626
Halbman v. Lemke
1629
Restatement (Second) of Contracts
1635
Restatement (Second) of Contracts
1639
Faber v. Sweet Style Mfg. Corp.
1640
Williamson v. Matthews
1645
Uribe v. Olsen
1648
24.2.B.
Contract-Specific Protections
1653
24.2.B.1.
Duress
1654
Restatement (Second) of Contracts
1654
Restatement (Second) of Contracts
1655
Restatement (Second) of Contracts
1658
Post v. Jones
1664
Austin Instruments, Inc. v. Loral Corp.
1668
Alaska Packers Ass'n v. Domenico
1672
24.2.B.2.
Undue Influence
1676
Restatement (Second) of Contracts
1676
Vokes v. Arthur Murray, Inc.
1677
24.2.B.3.
Unconscionability
1682
Uniform Commercial Code
1683
Williams v. Walker-Thomas Furniture Company I
1685
Williams v. Walker-Thomas Furniture Co., Inc. II.
1686
Jones v. Star Credit Corp
1689
Patterson v. Walker-Thomas Furniture Co., Inc.
1692