Jim Whitney Economics 357

Contract cases: Team assignments

To do:
1. Read the "Everyone reads" cases.
2. For the cases assigned to your team:
a. Read the case, with a focus on the perspective of your team's assigned side, Plaintiff or Defendant.
b. Plaintiff side should be prepared to present the facts of the case.
c. After class discussion of the case, Plaintiff side prepares a case brief:
<http://faculty.oxy.edu/whitney/classes/ec357/tasks/cases/brief_template.doc>
(1) For the case information (facts of the case, court opininon, etc.), copy and paste selected passages into the brief. Use brackets [] to enclose any passages you include that summarize or paraphrase the case.
(2) Your analytical summary should be about 1-2 paragraphs long. Aim to include in it the key points about the case raised during class.
(3)  Limit your entire brief to 2-3 pages.
(4) Email me your completed brief by the next class meeting (whitney@oxy.edu) so that I can post it in the class schedule.
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    Plaintiff Defendant
IVB. Making contracts    
  Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway v. Columbus Rolling Mill 119 U.S. 149 (1886) Team 1 Team 5
  Sherwood v. Walker. 66 mich. 568, 33 N.W. 919 (1887) Team 2 Team 6
  Hamer v. Sidway 124 N.Y. 538 (1891) Everyone reads
  Broadnax v. Ledbetter, 99 S.W. 1111 (1907) Team 3 Team 7
  Cotnam v. Wisdom, 104 S.W. 164 (1907) Team 4 Team 8
IVC. Enforcing contracts    
  Harding v. Ja Laur Corp., 20 Md. App. 209 , 315 A. 2d 132 (1974) Team 6 Team 1
  Stambovsky v. Ackley: 169 A.D.2d 254 (1991) Everyone reads
  Alaska Packers Assn. v. Domenico, 117 F. 99 (1902) Team 7 Team 2
  Williams v. Walker-Thomas Furniture Co., 350 E2d 445 (1965) Team 8 Team 3
IVD. Interpreting contracts    
  Wood v. Duff-Gordon. 222 N.E. 88 (1917) Team 2 Team 8
  Suydam v. Jacskon 54 N.Y. 450 (1873) Team 5 Team 4
  Albert M. Greenfield & Co. V. Kolea Team 1 Team 7
  Morin Building Products Inc. v. Baystone Construction Inc. 717 F. 2d 413 (1983) Team 3 Team 5
IVE. Breaking contracts    
  Goebel v. Lynn 47 Mich 489 (1882) Team 4 Team 6
  Walgreen Co. v. Sara Creek Property Co., 966 F.2d 273 (1992) Team 8 Team 1
  Hawkins v. McGee 84 N.H. 114 (1929) Everyone reads
  Groves v John Wunder Co. 205 Minn. 163  (1939) Team 5 Team 2
  Peevyhouse v. Garland Coal & Mining Co. 382 P. 2d 109 (1963) Team 6 Team 3
  Hadley v Baxendale, 9 Ex. 341 (1854) Team 7 Team 4
  Lake River Corp v. Carborundum Co. 769 F.2d 1284 (1985) Everyone reads