Contracts

Official Designation:Contracts I (711-03)
Prof. Macaulay's e-mail:smacaula at wisc dot edu
Class e-mail listlaw711-3-f07@lists.wisc.edu

Class Notes

Case Briefs

  • Shirley Maclaine Parker v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation: 9/08/07; obligation to seek similar employment
  • Neri v. Retail Marine Corporation: 7/8/07; Volume Loss Seller and compensation. (written assignment for class)
  • Copylease Corporation of America v. Memorex Corporation: 9/12/07; specific performance
  • Lake River Corporation v Carborundum Company
    • : 9/12/07; penalty clauses
  • Hadley v. Baxendale:9/15/07; limitations on consequential damages
  • Evergreen Amusement Corporation v. Milstead: 9/15/07; no consequential damages for profits lost by a new business
  • Lakota Girl Scout Council, Inc. v. Havey Fundraising Management, Inc.: 9/15/07; exception to the "new business" rule
  • Security Stove & Manufacturing Co. v. American Railways Express Co.: 9/24/07; reliance interest
  • L. Albert & Son v. Armstrong Rubber Co.: 9/24/07; no reliance, less substantial breach
  • Colonial Dodge, Inc. v. Miller: 9/26/07; revoked acceptance of non-conforming goods
  • Oliver v. Campbell: 9/26/07; value of services in a canceled contract.
  • DeLeon v. Aldrette: ; restitution for a breaching seller
  • Peevyhouse v. Garland Coal & Mining Company: 10/1/07; Unjust limitations for damages for breach
  • Hawkins v. McGee: 10/1/07 ; hairy hand case, warranty
  • Miller v. Miller: 10/8/07 ; contract not to scold
  • Marvin v. Marvin: 10/8/07 ; contract cohabitation
  • Hamer v. Sidway: 10/9/07 ; family bait, payment for clean living
  • Ricketts v. Scothorn: 10/9/07 ; promisory estoppel
  • Ganser v. Schwartz: 10/15/07 ; statute of frauds and gifts
  • Fitzpatrick v. Michael: 10/15/07 ; statute of frauds and specific performance
  • Brackenbury v. Hodgkin: 10/17/07 ; trusts, unilateral contract
  • Hoffman v. Red Owl Stores, Inc.: 10/17/07 ; promissory estoppel
  • Collins Drugs, Inc. v. Wallgreen Co.: 10/22/07 ; franchise protection act
  • In Re Trans World Airlines, Inc.: 10/22/07 ; arbitration and collective bargaining
  • Neiss v. Ehlers: 10/22/07 ; promissory estoppel and promises to agree
  • McIntosh v. Murphy: 10/24/07 ; equitable estoppel and reliance on promise of employment
  • Forrer v. Sears, Roebuck & Company: 10/24/07 ; promissory estoppel and promise of employment
  • Gordon Tameny v. Atlantic Richfield Company: 10/24/07 ; discharge for failure to engage in price-fixing
  • Kempfer v. Automated Finishing, Inc.: 10/24/07 ; discharge for refusal to drive without license
  • Doctor's Associates, Inc. v. Casarotto: 10/29/07 ; form contracts, mandatory arbitration clauses
  • Carrol v. Beardon: 10/31/07 ; illegal contract (in pari delicto?)
  • Gates v. Rivers Construction Co., Inc.: 10/31/07 ; illegality as a defense
  • Karpinski v. Collins: 10/31/07 ; illegal contract, but ludicrous complexity
  • Fullerton Lumber Co. v. Torborg: 11/5/07 ; non-compete agreement

    • 11/8/07

  • Wurtz v. Fleischman: 11/12/07 ; duress in real estate transaction
  • Wurtz v. Fleischman, redux: 11/12/07 ; clarification of procedure
  • Selmer Company v. Blakslee-Midwest Company: 11/12/07 ; dim view of duress (law & economics)
  • Odorizzi v. Bloomfield School District: 11/12/07 ; undue influence in employement/termination
  • Obde v. Schlemeyer: 11/12/07 ; termites and the duty to disclose
  • Market Street Associates v. Frey: 11/12/07 ; good faith and nondisclosure in a real-estate deal
  • Vokes v. Arthur Murray, Inc.: 11/12/07 ; dance studios and good faith
  • McCutcheon v. David MacBrayne LTD: 11/12/07 ; disclaimer of negligence in a form contract
  • Yauger v. Skiing Enterprises, Inc.: 11/12/07 ; disclaimer of liability void as to public policy
  • ProCD, Inc. v. Zeidenberg: 11/19/07 ; intellectual property, licenses
  • Hill v. Gateway 2000, Inc.: 11/19/07 ; acceptance of goods and arbitration clause
  • C & J Fertilizr, Inc. v. Allied Mut. Ins. Co.: 11/19/07 ; tricky definitions in insurance contracts
  • Hunt v. Perkins Machinery Co., Inc: 11/21/07 ; limitations on warranty
  • Wilson v. Marquette Electronics, Inc.: 11/21/07 ; parole evidence rule.
  • Williams v. Walker-Thomas Furniture Co.: 11/26/07 ; unconscionable payment terms
  • Jones v. Star Credit Corp: 11/26/07 ; price unconsionability
  • Remco Enterprises, Inc. v Houston: 11/26/07 ; unconscionability and rent-to-own
  • Brower v. Gateway 2000, Inc.: 11/28/2007 ; unconscionable arbitration terms
  • Ramirez v. Circuit City Stores, Inc.: 11/28/07 ; unconscionable arbitration as part of an employment agreement
  • Frostifresh v Reynoso
    • : 11/26/07 ; negotiations in one language, contract in another
  • Pearson v. National Budgeting Systems: [not briefed because it's not a whole case] Unconscionability doesn't warrant damages
  • Devlin v. Kearney Mesa AMC/Jeep/Renault, Inc.: 12/3/07 ; punitive damages

    • Miscellany