Law School TA
By Kasey Baughan
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Law School TASep 15, 2022
Contracts: Hadley v Baxendale
Topic: Remedies, Damages, Foreseeability
Court of Exchequer 1854 (England)
Case Link: https://h2o.law.harvard.edu/collages/45164
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Contracts: Curtice Bros. Co. v. Catts
Topic: Specific Performance
Court of Chancery of New Jersey, 1907
Case Link: https://casetext.com/case/curtice-bros-co-v-catts
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Contracts: Fear and Loathing v Mills
Topic: Moral Obligation
Supreme Court of Massachusetts 1825
Case Link: https://casetext.com/case/mills-v-wyman
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Contracts: Stonestreet v. Oil Co.
Learn about an oil company swindling a landowner out of their well.
Supreme Court of North Carolina 1946
1:34 – Case start
https://casetext.com/case/stonestreet-v-oil-co
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Contracts: Kirksey v Kirksey
Learn about more about consideration and a man who gave false hopes to his brother's widow.
Supreme Court of Alabama 1845
1:34 - Case start
https://h2o.law.harvard.edu/cases/2227
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirksey_v._Kirksey
This paper gives (a lot) more back story: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=899002
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Contracts: Expectation, Reliance, and Restitution Damages
This lecture covers the three different ways of calculating damages in contracts.
Topic: Remedies
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Contracts: Sullivan v O'Connor
Topics: Contract Remedies
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, 1973
Damages Spectrum:
Restitution Reliance Expectation
Restitution Damages:
The $622 she paid for surgery
Expectation Damages:
Difference between her messed up nose and "beautiful" nose
+ Pain and suffering for third surgery
+ Any hospital expenses for third surgery
+ Difference between her earnings with messed up nose and earnings she would have had with "beautiful" nose
Reliance Damages:
Difference between her messed up nose and pre-surgery nose
+ Pain and suffering for first two surgeries
+ Any hospital expenses for first two surgeries
+ Pain and suffering for third surgery
+ Any hospital expenses for third surgery
+ Lost earnings due to messed up nose
+ The $622 she paid for surgery
Coursera Lecture: https://www.coursera.org/lecture/contracts-1/sullivan-v-o-connor-nose-job-kjokM?authMode=login
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Contracts: Remedies Intro
This topic comes as a special request from one of our listeners.
Topic: Remedies
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Contracts: Webb v McGowin
Topic: Moral Obligation
Court of Appeals of Alabama, 1935
Case Link: https://casetext.com/case/webb-v-mcgowin-1
Second Restatement §86: https://h2o.law.harvard.edu/collages/2718
Professor Ian Ayres Video Lecture: https://www.coursera.org/lecture/contracts-1/mills-v-wyman-moral-obligation-webb-v-mcgowin-rescuers-recompense-DkjYX
Commentary on Webb v McGowin, Harrington v Taylor, and Mills v Wyman: http://scholar.google.com/scholar_url?url=https://www.faulknerlawreview.org/article/16603.pdf&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CTeGX6uUIoKOygTS-ZbwCQ&scisig=AAGBfm2HsO5RJCYhdtzOZO8hfIosMyrp3Q&nossl=1&oi=scholarr
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Contracts: Harrington v Taylor
Topic: Moral Obligation
Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1945
Case Link: https://casetext.com/case/harrington-v-taylor-2
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Contracts: Manwill v. Oyler
Topic: Moral Obligation
Supreme Court of Utah, 1961
Case Link: https://casetext.com/case/manwill-v-oyler
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Contracts: Moral Obligation
We are moving from the study of consideration onto a new topic called Moral Obligation.
If you promise to pay someone for something they gave you in the past, will courts enforce that promise?
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Contracts: Omni Group, Inc. v. Seattle-First National Bank
Topic: Mutuality of Obligation
Court of Appeals of Washington, 1982
Case link: https://casetext.com/case/omni-group-v-seattle-first-natl-bank
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Contracts: Wood v Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon
Topic: Mutuality of Obligation
Court of Appeals of New York, 1917
Case link: https://casetext.com/case/wood-v-duff-gordon
Wikipedia entry on the case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_v._Lucy,_Lady_Duff-Gordon
Wikipedia bio on Lady Duff-Gordon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy,_Lady_Duff-Gordon
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Contracts: McMichael v Price
Topic: Mutuality of Obligation
Supreme Court of Oklahoma, 1936
Case Link: https://casetext.com/case/mcmichael-v-price
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Contracts: Rehm–Zeiher Co. v FG Walker Co.
Topic: Mutuality of Obligation
Court of Appeals of Kentucky, 1913
https://cite.case.law/ky/156/6/
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Contracts: Mutuality of Obligation
What happens when one party promises to fulfill their side only "if they feel like it"?
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Contracts: Angel v Murray
Learn about a garbage man who bit off more than he could chew.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island, 1974
https://casetext.com/case/angel-v-murray
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_v._Murray
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Contracts: Alaska Packers' Association v Domenico
Learn about a fishing trip that turned into a hold up.
US Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, 1902
1:00 – Case start
http://madisonian.net/downloads/contracts/alaska.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Packers'_Association
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Contracts: Levine v Blumenthal
Learn about a landlord who pretends to let their tenants off easy.
Supreme Court of New Jersey 1936
1:00 - Case start
https://casetext.com/case/levine-v-blumenthal
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Contracts: Pre-existing Duty Rule Intro
Learn about some of the pitfalls that can occur when parties try to modify their original agreements.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-existing_duty_rule
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Contracts: Fiege v Boehm
Learn about whether consideration needs to be based in fact.
Court of Appeals of Maryland 1956
1:34 – Case start
https://casetext.com/case/fiege-v-boehm
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Contracts: In re Greene
Learn about a player who went broke.
US District Court for the Southern District of New York 1930
1:34 – Case start
https://casetext.com/case/in-re-greene-5
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_(contract_law)
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Contracts: Palmer v Dehn
Learn more about consideration in our goriest case yet.
Tenn Court of Appeals 1947
1:34 – Case Start
https://casetext.com/case/palmer-v-dehn
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Contracts: Pennsy Supply v American Ash Recycling
Learn about a construction company who paid nothing and got less than what they paid for.
Penn Superior Court 2006
1:34 - Case start
https://casetext.com/case/pennsy-supply-v-amer-ash-recycling-corp
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Contracts: Jara v Suprema Meats
Learn about a father who didn't want his son to get a pay raise.
California Court of Appeals 2004
1:34 – Case start
https://casetext.com/case/jara-v-suprema-meats-inc
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Contracts: Apfel v Prudential-Bache Securities, Inc.
Learn about whether ideas can count as consideration.
Court of Appeals of New York, 1993
1:34 – Case start
https://casetext.com/case/apfel-v-prudential-bache-sec
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Contracts: Thomas v Thomas
Learn about two brothers giving the boot to a sister-in-law.
It's the British version of Kirksey v Kirksey.
Queen's Bench 1842
1:34 – Case start
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Contracts: Langer v Superior Steel Corp
Learn about a loyal employee's pension that got cut short.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania 1932
1:34 - Case start
https://casetext.com/case/langer-v-superior-steel-corp
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Contracts: Hamer v Sidway
Learn about this classic case of an uncle who bribed his son to sober up.
Court of Appeals of the State of New York 1891
1:34 - Case start
https://casetext.com/case/hamer-v-sidway
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamer_v._Sidway
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Contracts: Consideration Intro
The foundation for all contracts is both sides offering consideration. Learn what counts as consideration and its limits.
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Contracts: Introduction
Learn why contracts are a fundamental building block for society.
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Ambiguity in the Law
Using the law to resolve disputes always results in some degree of ambiguity. Learn how judges address ambiguity and still come to a resolution.
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The Constitution, Statutes, and Common Law
The basic hierarchy of laws starts with Consitutional Law, and works its way down to the Common Law. This is important background knowledge to have before we begin studying case law.
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Intro
Meet the host and find out what this podcast is all about.
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