tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245004648702449014Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:20:24 +0000home salesBeachcomber CoinsComputer Fraud and Abuse ActUCC 2-207duty to readdamagesEULAspromissory estoppelmens sana in coropora saneWhat about Clients?AmazonGerry SpenceOfferconditionslegal interepretationBorgesequitable reliefOppenheimJohn Mayerlegal reasoningcontract formationDiscoverWhat about Paris? Dan HullmaterialityI Fought the Lawsubstantial performancecredit cardsOliver Wendell Holmes Jr.Juliet KostritskyToyotarent-to-ownmaps and realityunilateral contractPeter GabrielremediesFrigalimentBailey v. WestMinor Wisdomarbitrationexamsagreement to agreeNBClawyeringGoogle Scholarjudicial opinionsCorbinBobby Fullerconsumer protectionBound by LawAmerican Idollegal writingonline agreementsLaw and EconomicsRay Wardattorney approval clausesestimatesnegotiationcontractual intentCapacityIkearelianceunconscionabilityLori DrewchickenSonny Curtisinspection clausesKate Bushdoing businesscommon lawEdward H. LeviEric G. AndersonKindleopen termscontract draftingtrustwritten agreementsoral contractthe Paper ChaseWilliams v. Walker-Thomas Furniture CompanypufferyAcceptancepeppercorn theory of considerationeconomic disparityPepsi Harrier Jet Commercialriskcost benefit analysisGeorge Edward Kent1984creativityPresidentsunjust enrichmentlegal analysisdecision makingDropkick Murphysthe ambiguity of languagecourtsrules and realitylegal rulesLeonard v PepsicoMarx Brothersoral agreementsDon't Give Uplaw schoolPepsiIn Propria Personalegal researchcontract languagemisrepresentationYahootake away pointsPapa John'sSpecht v Netscapefreedom of contractThinking for yourselflegal anaylsisoriginalitySeinfeldebooksbreachJeff LipshawWilliam StyronGameStationcontract interpretationconsiderationexperienceRussianSection 90there is no such thing as a stupid questionAn Introduction to Legal ReasoningThe Gauntletcase lawmere volunteerimaginationopinionsBattle of the Formsexpectancy remedyshrinkwraplendingquasi contractcopyrightBrowerObjective Theory of Contractual IntentProCD v. ZeidenbergAIGderivative rightsDomino'sbreach of contractRandom HouseEfficient BreachSanity Clausebriefing casesJacobs and Young v. KentLaw School Musicalpublic policyillusory promisesusuryConan O'BrienmapsRosettaBooksinterest rateshttp://firstyearcontracts.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Peter Friedman)Blogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245004648702449014.post-3915758459578739551Sat, 08 May 2010 18:14:00 +00002010-05-08T14:14:41.355-04:00I've migrated all the old posts and comments to Learning to be a Lawyer.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1LContracts/~3/qhBUQTDAnFs/this-blog-has-moved-to-learning-to-be.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter Friedman)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/1LContracts/~4/qhBUQTDAnFs" height="1" width="1"/>http://firstyearcontracts.blogspot.com/2010/05/this-blog-has-moved-to-learning-to-be.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245004648702449014.post-2155568325079380353Mon, 03 May 2010 01:40:00 +00002010-05-02T21:40:38.517-04:00Ray WardGerry SpenceMinor WisdomThinking for yourselfRay Ward at Minor Wisdom quotes one of the greatest trial lawyers I have ever seen in action, Gerry Spence, from Spence's article Persuading Yourself You Can Win, 36 Litigation 14, 15 (Winter 2010): I tell lawyers that it all begins with you. Let me repeat it: It all begins with you. Yet we have been convinced from our earliest times that we do not measure up. We are not as bright as our older http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1LContracts/~3/zPWdcpSmbts/it-all-begins-with-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter Friedman)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/1LContracts/~4/zPWdcpSmbts" height="1" width="1"/>http://firstyearcontracts.blogspot.com/2010/05/it-all-begins-with-you.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245004648702449014.post-6339825526967908483Fri, 30 Apr 2010 01:32:00 +00002010-05-03T12:43:29.263-04:00What about Clients?there is no such thing as a stupid questionlawyeringoriginalityWhat about Paris? Dan HullDan Hull and I seem to share a lot in our views of legal practice. Today he writes: Legal reasoning. Lots of people finally acquire it. Some are famously better and faster at it than others. . . .But can you think on your own? Can you work? Legal reasoning is critical--but it's never enough by itself to become an outstanding lawyer. The rest is frame of mind: energy, ambition, organization, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1LContracts/~3/Itp-wYEY78c/how-can-you-both-know-less-than-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter Friedman)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/1LContracts/~4/Itp-wYEY78c" height="1" width="1"/>http://firstyearcontracts.blogspot.com/2010/04/how-can-you-both-know-less-than-you.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245004648702449014.post-1761055600803164721Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:59:00 +00002010-04-28T13:59:09.866-04:00breach of contractmaterialityEric G. Andersonlegal ruleslegal anaylsisrules and realityJust in case you think your professor is making something much more complicated and confusing than he would if he really knew what he was talking about, you might want to know what another law professor has written about materiality. From Eric G. Andersen, A New Look at Material Breach in the Law of Contracts, 21 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 1073, 1074-1076 (1987-1988)(footnotes omitted): Every year http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1LContracts/~3/Z_CsgDSKSvc/eric-g-andersen-on-materiality-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter Friedman)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/1LContracts/~4/Z_CsgDSKSvc" height="1" width="1"/>http://firstyearcontracts.blogspot.com/2010/04/eric-g-andersen-on-materiality-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245004648702449014.post-6474146363361515944Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +00002010-04-25T20:01:12.998-04:00Law School MusicalPeter GabrielexamsKate BushSonny CurtisDon't Give UpA lot -- perhaps most -- of you weren't even born when this Peter Gabriel album came out, but it was a very, very difficult time for me, and this song not only meant a lot to me then. Experience has proved its message is true. Though I understand, of course, that it's far easier at the moment to relate to this. Don't Give Up...........Kate Bush & Peter Gabriel @ Yahoo! Videohttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1LContracts/~3/f2I5P53szj4/peter-gabriel-kate-bush-dont-give-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter Friedman)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/1LContracts/~4/f2I5P53szj4" height="1" width="1"/>http://firstyearcontracts.blogspot.com/2010/04/peter-gabriel-kate-bush-dont-give-up.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245004648702449014.post-5791172998463728620Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:22:00 +00002010-04-16T14:22:17.884-04:00consumer protectionGameStationduty to readpublic policyfreedom of contractunconscionabilityI don't think Robert Johnson made any deal with Satan to obtain his remarkable talents; he listened to and made his own the sounds of his contemporaries. Apparently, however, the British game retailer GameStation is counting on its customers believing talent is more a matter of divine or satanic inspiration than the creative reworking of existing culture. GameStation's current end user license http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1LContracts/~3/_VQEd8YvSt0/should-freedom-of-contract-include.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter Friedman)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/1LContracts/~4/_VQEd8YvSt0" height="1" width="1"/>http://firstyearcontracts.blogspot.com/2010/04/should-freedom-of-contract-include.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245004648702449014.post-3698191978905108036Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:33:00 +00002010-05-03T12:46:15.205-04:00materialitybreachOppenheimJacobs and Young v. KentconditionsBeachcomber CoinsWhen is the term of a contract "material"? When is the failure to perform a promise "material"? When is the performance of a condition "material"? When the parties intended it to be material. But what is the definition of "material"? West's Encyclopedia of American Law states that something is material if it "is sufficiently significant to influence an individual into acting in a certain way, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1LContracts/~3/moIPm2lsN-Q/discourse-on-materiality-and-conditions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter Friedman)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/1LContracts/~4/moIPm2lsN-Q" height="1" width="1"/>http://firstyearcontracts.blogspot.com/2010/03/discourse-on-materiality-and-conditions.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245004648702449014.post-2055151720936783077Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:31:00 +00002010-03-26T11:31:23.330-04:00imaginationcreativitylegal interepretationlegal analysisGoogle Scholarlegal researchlegal reasoninglegal writing Suffering from one of my occasional bouts with insomnia the other night, I came upon a message on the legal writing professors’ listserv from a professor who was seeking advice from students who were wondering what tricks or tools they might use to find the analogies and legal arguments that they were finding so difficult to discover in the course of their legal research. No doubt the hour http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1LContracts/~3/qv6Akg7MCAg/research-only-begins-with-information.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter Friedman)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/1LContracts/~4/qv6Akg7MCAg" height="1" width="1"/>http://firstyearcontracts.blogspot.com/2010/03/research-only-begins-with-information.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245004648702449014.post-1378071182286184034Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:28:00 +00002010-03-25T12:53:11.549-04:00the ambiguity of languagecontractual intentsubstantial performancecontract languageGeorge Edward KentJacobs and Young v. Kent Pictured above is the residence of Mr. George Edward Kent in Jericho, New York (on Long Island), the house that was the subject of the dispute in Jacobs & Young v. Kent, 230 N.Y. 239, 129 N.E. 889 (1921)(opinion embedded below). You will notice from the photo, at whatever resolution in which you might be able to view it, that the fact the galvanized, lap welded pipe used in the house's plumbing http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1LContracts/~3/K4p7TfNDxN8/estate-of-mr-george-edward-kent-man-who.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter Friedman)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/1LContracts/~4/K4p7TfNDxN8" height="1" width="1"/>http://firstyearcontracts.blogspot.com/2010/03/estate-of-mr-george-edward-kent-man-who.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245004648702449014.post-8532162379718131016Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:23:00 +00002010-03-05T08:24:43.515-05:00credit cardsDiscoverlendingunconscionabilityinterest ratesOne of the rare cases finding credit card interest rates and penalties unconscionable was Discover Bank v. Owens (Cleveland Muni. Ct. 2004). The court recounted the facts disclosed at trial as follows: [I]n January 1996 Owens received her Discover card statement, which showed a new balance of $1,460.73. The statement further reflected that her credit limit was set at $1,900. Owens had not used http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1LContracts/~3/V0NIlKOUOXk/substantive-unconscionability-in-credit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter Friedman)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/1LContracts/~4/V0NIlKOUOXk" height="1" width="1"/>http://firstyearcontracts.blogspot.com/2010/03/substantive-unconscionability-in-credit.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245004648702449014.post-7840268566653399322Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:52:00 +00002010-03-04T17:52:16.198-05:00consumer protectionusuryunconscionabilityWilliams v. Walker-Thomas Furniture Companyrent-to-ownFrom the State PIRG Consumer Protection Site (emphasis added): Problem: The predatory rent-to-own industry promises consumers the American dream of ownership. "For only 78 weekly payments of $10, you, too, can own this television." The industry doesn't tell you that the that the effective interest rate on that loan, however, is 220%APR with $560 in iterest and finance charges.Many states have http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1LContracts/~3/q4HsAm1sGWM/of-course-states-other-than-new-jersey.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter Friedman)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/1LContracts/~4/q4HsAm1sGWM" height="1" width="1"/>http://firstyearcontracts.blogspot.com/2010/03/of-course-states-other-than-new-jersey.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245004648702449014.post-8557939416807157016Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:30:00 +00002010-03-04T17:36:40.655-05:00consumer protectionusuryunconscionabilityWilliams v. Walker-Thomas Furniture Companyinterest ratesIn Perez v. Rent-A-Center, Inc, 892 A.2d 1255, 186 N.J. 188 (N.J. 2006), the New Jersey Supreme Court was confronted with the question whether rent-to-own contracts are subject to 30% limit on interest applicable to installment sales set forth in the state's Retail Installment Sales Act ("RISA"), N.J.S.A. 17:16C-1 to -61. The case arose because the plaintiff had rented from Rent-a-Center a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1LContracts/~3/qBTUkqbrF8Q/loan-is-loan-is-loan-even-if-it-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter Friedman)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/1LContracts/~4/qBTUkqbrF8Q" height="1" width="1"/>http://firstyearcontracts.blogspot.com/2010/03/loan-is-loan-is-loan-even-if-it-it.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245004648702449014.post-328184130209692649Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:45:00 +00002010-03-03T11:45:30.610-05:00Presidentsconsumer protectionunconscionability Funny or Die's Presidential Reunion from Will Ferrellhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1LContracts/~3/z61A-6qVVc8/are-credit-card-rates-unconscionable.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter Friedman)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/1LContracts/~4/z61A-6qVVc8" height="1" width="1"/>http://firstyearcontracts.blogspot.com/2010/03/are-credit-card-rates-unconscionable.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245004648702449014.post-1715618397599303212Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:20:00 +00002010-02-23T14:20:39.816-05:00trustwritten agreementsoral agreementsKen Adams exerpts an article by Sathnam Sanghera in the Times Online: On the one hand, written agreements protect parties if things go wrong and provide a useful framework for engagement. But, on the other, drafting contracts slows business down—something Stephen Covey emphasises in The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything, with the words: “When trust goes down, speed goes down http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1LContracts/~3/O70YaaA2CHg/why-didnt-they-just-write-it-down.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter Friedman)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/1LContracts/~4/O70YaaA2CHg" height="1" width="1"/>http://firstyearcontracts.blogspot.com/2010/02/why-didnt-they-just-write-it-down.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245004648702449014.post-2134116844976004214Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:34:00 +00002010-02-23T09:35:19.021-05:00law schoolIn Propria PersonaSo says Kris Nelson, who's in a Ph.D. program after having finished law school. Why? Because law school is unlike anything you've ever previously done: The entire 1L year is like this: shaking up your analysis and forcing you to approach problems in a different way.Yes, grad school requires learn ing new approaches, new theories, new ways of thinking. Some of this even makes your head spin. But http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1LContracts/~3/KdrGOOrd-oY/law-school-is-harder-than-phd-program.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter Friedman)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/1LContracts/~4/KdrGOOrd-oY" height="1" width="1"/>http://firstyearcontracts.blogspot.com/2010/02/law-school-is-harder-than-phd-program.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245004648702449014.post-421760657367241031Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:49:00 +00002010-02-11T18:01:39.398-05:00pufferyDomino'smisrepresentationPapa John's In Pizza Hut, Inc. v. Papa John's International, Inc. 227. F.3d 489 (5th Cir. 2000), Pizza Hut had sued Papa John's on the grounds that the latter's slogan, "Better Ingredients. Better Pizza." was a misrepresentation of fact and therefore violated the Lanham Act. The trial court held in Pizza Hut's favor, but on appeal the 5th Circuit reversed and ordered judgment entered in Papa John's favor. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1LContracts/~3/z46pWux8pbw/line-between-puffery-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter Friedman)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/1LContracts/~4/z46pWux8pbw" height="1" width="1"/>http://firstyearcontracts.blogspot.com/2010/02/line-between-puffery-and.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245004648702449014.post-8597675312073003663Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:37:00 +00002010-02-05T09:37:41.719-05:00Bound by LawAdapted from Bound by Law, copyright 2006, Keith Aoki, James Boyle, Jennifer Jenkins. Used here under the terms of a Creative Commons license.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1LContracts/~3/zF1dJhfc4KY/enter-at-your-own-risk.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter Friedman)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/1LContracts/~4/zF1dJhfc4KY" height="1" width="1"/>http://firstyearcontracts.blogspot.com/2010/02/enter-at-your-own-risk.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245004648702449014.post-7560441395238174680Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:11:00 +00002010-01-26T15:11:04.578-05:00American Idolequitable reliefremediesContractual provisions providing for the consequences of breach are an interesting topic. Liquidated damages provisions that impose financial sanctions that do not represent reasonable estimations of actual damages operate as penalties are not enforceable, and agreements that stipulate that equitable relief will be available under circumstances are not binding on courts -- if the standards for http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1LContracts/~3/ub3J4fyHaRU/agreement-on-specific-relief-american.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter Friedman)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/1LContracts/~4/ub3J4fyHaRU" height="1" width="1"/>http://firstyearcontracts.blogspot.com/2010/01/agreement-on-specific-relief-american.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245004648702449014.post-1949761752046031762Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:24:00 +00002010-01-13T22:24:10.720-05:00Conan O'Brienbreach of contractcontract interpretationAt Concurring Opinions, Lawrence Cunningham runs down a number of issues regarding the dispute between Conan O'Brien and NBC in connection with NBC's announcement that it would move O'Brien's show to 12:05 but still call it the tonight show. Among other things, Cunningham writes: NBC has publicly stated that the contract is silent concerning whether The Tonight Show must air at 11:30/35 p.m.  http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1LContracts/~3/onfGpUYR-r8/conan-v-nbc.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter Friedman)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/1LContracts/~4/onfGpUYR-r8" height="1" width="1"/>http://firstyearcontracts.blogspot.com/2010/01/conan-v-nbc.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245004648702449014.post-7321738630121729974Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:18:00 +00002010-01-12T15:58:04.566-05:00Conan O'BrienbreachNBCcontract draftingThe notion that NBC's decision to bring back Jay Leno at the 11:30pm time slot and thereby to displace Conan O'Brien constitutes a breach of NBC's contract with O'Brien is widely held and underlay yesterday's post. But not so fast. According to the New York Times, the contract provided that O'Brien would host "The Tonight Show," but "contains no specific language about the time period the show http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1LContracts/~3/pYR2vAreEwQ/then-again-maybe-nbc-hasnt-breached-its.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter Friedman)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/1LContracts/~4/pYR2vAreEwQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://firstyearcontracts.blogspot.com/2010/01/then-again-maybe-nbc-hasnt-breached-its.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245004648702449014.post-131313635530054098Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:55:00 +00002010-01-11T13:55:34.131-05:00Conan O'Briendamagesexpectancy remedyFrom The Cleveland Leader: Conan O'Brien is feeling somewhat like the redheaded stepchild over at NBC, and sources say that he's now ready to leave the network. NBC's abrupt decision to cancel Jay Leno's 10pm program after just five months and to move him to O'Brien's 11:35pm slot has him fuming....NBC is in breach of the contract, which means O'Brien is free to leave. And if he leaves, they'll http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1LContracts/~3/i3bSUGRaud8/nbc-breaches-and-will-owe-expectancy-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter Friedman)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/1LContracts/~4/i3bSUGRaud8" height="1" width="1"/>http://firstyearcontracts.blogspot.com/2010/01/nbc-breaches-and-will-owe-expectancy-to.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245004648702449014.post-7751434044077055451Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:14:00 +00002009-12-18T17:14:39.205-05:00I Fought the LawBobby FullerSonny Curtis http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1LContracts/~3/IhHmf4IitvA/bobby-fuller-i-fought-law.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter Friedman)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/1LContracts/~4/IhHmf4IitvA" height="1" width="1"/>http://firstyearcontracts.blogspot.com/2009/12/bobby-fuller-i-fought-law.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245004648702449014.post-3640456137748135418Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:32:00 +00002009-12-18T17:01:02.380-05:00BorgesmapsJeff Lipshawmaps and realitylegal rulesrules and realityJeff Lipshaw of Suffolk Law School has been asked to teach Suffolk's six credit contracts course next year and has "been puzzling . . . about . . . teaching philosophy." As he claims, "Contracts is the often the bane of the first year experience, and I am thinking about hitting the reasons head on." I think Lipshaw's point is the same I've been trying to get across frequently in this course -- http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1LContracts/~3/lq34INf7TeM/contract-law-is-not-map-but-rather-set.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter Friedman)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/1LContracts/~4/lq34INf7TeM" height="1" width="1"/>http://firstyearcontracts.blogspot.com/2009/12/contract-law-is-not-map-but-rather-set.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245004648702449014.post-1889282704340615108Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:32:00 +00002009-12-15T07:43:13.909-05:00contract interpretationRosettaBooksWilliam StyronRandom Houseebooks Who owns the rights to electronic versions of books governed by contracts published back in the days when there was no such thing as an e-book? Typically, the contracts an author signed with the publishers of those books gave the publisher the exclusive right to publish “in book form” or “in any and all editions.” According to the New York Times (hyperlinks added), In 2001, Random House sued http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1LContracts/~3/WO8h5L66jmg/contract-interpretation-in-digital-age.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter Friedman)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/1LContracts/~4/WO8h5L66jmg" height="1" width="1"/>http://firstyearcontracts.blogspot.com/2009/12/contract-interpretation-in-digital-age.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245004648702449014.post-1158434353849867805Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:48:00 +00002009-12-11T09:10:54.689-05:00Frigalimentcontract interpretationchickenFrigaliment Importing Co. v. B.N.S. International Sales Corp., 190 F.Supp. 116 (S.D.N.Y. 1960), is of course, one of the seminal law school cases on contract interpretation, making clear in its immortal first line by Judge Friendly, "The issue is, what is chicken?" Finally, the definitive scholarly paper (pdf) answering that question has been published, and set forth below is the author's http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1LContracts/~3/BAtX_DpltnU/what-is-chicken-final-word-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter Friedman)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/1LContracts/~4/BAtX_DpltnU" height="1" width="1"/>http://firstyearcontracts.blogspot.com/2009/12/what-is-chicken-final-word-on.html