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The two bodies of law in contracts are

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Common law and the UCC

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The UCC applies to contracts that involve ___

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the sale of goods

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What are goods?

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Movable things - not just goods in excesss of 500

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____ is not goods and ____ are never merchants

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Real property and real estate brokers

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Common law applies to

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anything other than goods

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Mostly see common law contracts involving

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real property and service contracts

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An offer is __

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an invitation to enter into a contract

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Acceptance is ___

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manifestation of intent to be bound to a contract

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A counter offer is ___

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rejection of the original offer and creation of a new offer

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Consideration is ___

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a bargained for exchange where one party receives a legal benefit or experiences a legal detriment

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You should organize your contracts essay by ___

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communication instead of category (ie. May 7 email)

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Mailbox rule:

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everything is effective when received EXCEPT acceptance

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Acceptance is effective upon __

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dispatch (when placed in mailbox)

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Offers are revocable ___

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at any time until acceptance

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Option contracts:

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A promise was made to keep the offer open for a certain period of time in exchange for valuable consideration

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You cannot revoke a Merchant firm offer, which is:

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If offer is governed by the UCC and the offeror is a merchant, his mere promise is sufficient to keep the offer open

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You cannot revoke an offer if there is detrimental reliance, which happens when

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the offeree takes reasonable foreseeable actions in reliance upon the offer and experiences a detriment

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You cannot revoke an offer when it is a unilateral contract and ___

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the offeree begins to perform

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Mirror image rule (common law)

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the offer and acceptance must match exactly in every respect. If the acceptance does not mirror the offer, it is treated as a counter offer

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Mirror image rule (UCC)

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UCC abolished the mirror image rule and the acceptance does not need to match the offer to form a contract

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Modification occurs when

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the parties have formed a valid contract and then attempt to change the terms before performance is complete

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Pre-Existing Duty Rule

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Contract modifications will generally be void because the new deal lacks consideration.

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Modifications are acceptable if

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new/different consideration is given OR if it is a contract for the sale of goods under the UCC and the reasonable modification is sought in good faith

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Bilateral mistake

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Mutual mistake where both parties mess up

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Bilateral mistakes will be void if
the mistake concerns a basic assumption on which the contract is made, the mistake has a material adverse effect on the agreed upon exchange, and the adversely affected party didn't assume the risk of the mistake
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Unilateral mistake
one party messed up
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Unilateral mistake is not a defense to the formation of a contract unless
the other party knew or should have known of the mistake
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Misrepresentation or fraud IS ___
a defense to contract formation and will have similar fact patterns to unilateral mistake
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SOF Acronym (FL)
MY LEGS Never Hurt
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K is within the SOF when:
- Marriage is the consideration - Contracts that cannot be performed within one year - Land and real estate - Executor's promise to personally pay debts of an estate - Goods of $500 or more - Surety's promise to pay another person's debts - Newspaper or magazine subscriptions - Healthcare provider's guarantee of outcome
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SOF is satisfied when K is:
- Memorialized in writing - Signed by party to be charged with the breach - Contain the essential terms
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For property, essential terms are:
PPP Names of the parties, description of the property, and the price
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Two categories of remedies:
legal and equitable
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Legal remedies always use ___ to compensate non-breaching party for his loss
money
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Equitable remedies may involve ____ or may involve ____
money or forcing a party to take an action
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Specific performance is an ____ remedy
equitable
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Specific performance is
an equitable remedy that compels the breaching party to perform under a contract. It is available when monetary damages are not adequate (e.g. for unique assets that cannot be replaced with money, like real property)
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Look for situations where ___
there is no form of adequate money damages
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All real property is
unique
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Can never obtain specific performance on a ____ K
service
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Can use SP to
enforce restrictions on employment, known as non-compete clauses
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Non-compete clauses in FL will only be enforced if the terms are
reasonable - in time and geography
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Discuss reformation when
K fails to reflect the intent of the parties
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Reformation is an ___ remedy
equitable
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Reformation is different from mistake because
the contract is just wrong. Parties knew what they wanted but the contract turned out wrong.
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Remedies for fraud
Recission, constructive trust, and or equitable lien
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If court applies recission then K is ___
voided and the parties must then restore any gains on the basis of the fraudulent K via restitution
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Under a constructive trust __
the fraudulent party is deemed to hold the property in trust for the benefit of the injured party. He must then execute the trust and convey the property back to the rightful owner
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equitable lien is when ___
the court imposes a lien on the property for the value of the judgment. the lien can potentially be foreclosed to satisfy the judgment.
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When a court uses money to solve a contract dispute, the goal is to ___
compensate the plaintiff
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Damages to compensate the plaintiff are called
compensatory damages
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___ damages are not available for breach of K, but they are for torts
Punitive
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Types of money damages
- Expectation - Restitution - Reliance - Incidental - Consequential - Liquidated
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Acronym for types of money damages
Every Road Rage Incident Causes Liability
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Expectation damages are
the standard measure of contract damages. These are sufficient damages for the non-breaching party to buy a substitute performance.
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The purpose of expectation damages (legal remedy) is to put the plaintiff in the ____
same economic position as if the contract was performed
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The amount of expectation damages will always be based on
the plaintiffs loss
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One approach to expectation damages is based on ___
market value - we value the plaintiffs loss based on a market price
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The other approach to expectation damages is ___
substitution cost - value the plaintiffs loss based on the cost to replace or repair the subject matter of the K
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With substitution cost you may be talking about the market price to fix/replace OR
the actual cost to fix/replace
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Restitution is ___
a remedy used to correct unjust enrichment
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Restitution is not a form of ___
damages
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The law is unclear about whether restitution is a ____ remedy
legal or equitable
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Unjust enrichment is the basis of ___ restitution
all
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Unjust enrichment means that
a party received a benefit as a result of someone else's misfortune
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Restitution fixes the unjust enrichment by
forcing the defendant to pay money to the plaintiff
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Restitution is measured by ____ not the plaintiffs loss
defendants gains
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You cannot get both
expectation damages and restitution
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First scenario where restitution is used is:
Have a promise that cannot be enforced as a contract for some reason, but one party was unjustly enriched
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Second scenario where restitution is used is:
Have a valid contract and restitution is awarded as an alternative to legal damages, where the amount of legal damages is too difficult to ascertain or insufficient
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Restitution is not about making the plaintiff whole, but rather ___
taking away unjust gains and making things right
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Reliance damages are an ___ remedy
equitable
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Definition of reliance damages
Reliance damages are an equitable remedy used to compensate the non-breaching party for reasonable foreseeable costs that he incurred in reliance upon the promise
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We typically see reliance damages when
a party incurs out of pocket expenses in preparation for the agreed-upon performance OR when a party worsens his situation in reliance upon the promise in a way the promissor could have foreseen
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Reliance damages put the plaintiff in the position she would have been in ____
had the K never been performed
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For reliance damages, the damages spent by the P must be ___
reasonable
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First scenario where reliance damages is used:
Have a promise that cannot be enforced due to some defect in formation, and we used promissory estoppel to seek reliance damages
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Second scenario where reliance damages is used:
have a valid K and we cannot ascertain the amount of the legal remedy, or the legal remedy is insufficient.
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We can use restitution or reliance when
legal damages are not available or not ascertainable
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We can use restitution instead of legal damages when
it will result in larger compensation for the plaintiff
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We can get both __
restitution and reliance damages
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Incidental damages are a __
legal remedy
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Definition of incidental damages:
incidental damages are the expenses that the non-breaching party incurs in finding replacement performance.
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Incidental damages can also apply in some situations involving ___
the sale of goods
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Consequential damages are ___
a legal remedy
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Consequential damages are ___ easy to get
NOT
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Consequential damages rule:
Consequential damages are special damages and reflect losses over and above standard expectation damages. They are recoverable only if, at the time the K was made, a reasonable person would have foreseen the damage as a probable result of the breach.
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For consequential damages, D must:
- know or reasonably be able to foresee - that breach would cause special harm to P - outside the scope of the party relationship - and that harm would not be wholly rectified by ordinary damages
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Scenarios for consequential damages involve
lost profits from third parties
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D's first counter argument to consequential damages:
the special loss was not foreseeable
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D's second counter argument to consequential damages:
the amount of damages are too speculative.
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Liquidated damages are a ___
legal remedy
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Liquidated damages rule:
For liquidated damages, the parties to a K agree to the damages to be paid in the event of a breach. Typically, the amount of liquidated damages is stated in the K itself.
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To obtain liquidated damages in FL
the amount of liquidated damages must be reasonably related to actual damages AND they must not be used as a penalty

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