Contracts Brief In the Matter of BABY M Procedural History: Lower court upheld the validity of the contract and ordered that Whithead’s parental rights be terminated. Appealed. Reversed. Facts: Stern and Whitehead entered into a written agreement that, in exchange for $10,000, Whitehead would be inseminated with Stern’s sperm, give any resulting baby to Stern, [...]

Contracts Brief Eastern Air Lines, Inc. v. Gulf Oil Corporation Procedural History: Eastern is not in violation of the established contract. Facts: Gulf is suggesting that Eastern violated the contract between the two parties by manipulating its requirements through “Fuel Freighting”. It is well known that requirements can vary from city to city depending on [...]

Contracts Brief Dalton v. Educational Testing Service Procedural History: Trial court found for Dalton Appealed. Modified in accordance with the opinion and affirmed. Facts: Dalton took the SAT. Dalton retook the SAT in November and increased his score by 410 points. Because of the dramatic increase, his results must be reviewed. They found disparate handwriting [...]

Contracts Brief Sheets v. Teddy’s Frosted Foods Procedural History: Lower court ruled for the defendant. Appealed. Remanded for further proceedings. Facts: Plaintiff was employed from 1973-1977 for the defendant as a quality control director and operations manager. Plaintiff began to notice deviations from the specifications contained in the defendant’s standards and labels. Plaintiff communicated these [...]

Contracts Brief Hopper v. All Pet Animal Clinic Procedural History: Trial Court granted injunction but felt the damages were too speculative to be allowed. Appealed. Remanded for a modification of the judgment. Facts: Hopper worked at All Pet Animal Clinic for three years following school. She and her employer executed a contract effective March of [...]

Contracts Brief Jones v. Star Credit Corp. Procedural History: N.Y. Supreme Court rules for Jones. Facts: Plaintiffs agreed to purchase a home freezer for $900. With additional charges, the total price comes to $1,234.80. The plaintiffs are recipients of welfare. The plaintiffs have paid $619.88 toward the freezer thus far. The evidence at trial proved [...]

Contracts Brief Williams v. Walker-Thomas Furniture Co. Procedural History: The court of General Sessions granted judgment for Appellee. Appealed. District Court of Appeals Affirmed. Appealed. Remanded. Facts: Appellee operates a retail furniture store in the District of Columbia. From 1957-1962 each of the appellants purchased a number of household items from Appellee for which payment [...]

Contracts Brief White v. Corlies & Tift Procedural History: Trial court entered verdict for plaintiff. Appealed Reversed, new trial ordered. Facts: Defendants sent specifications to plaintiff for work on an office building and asked the plaintiff to give them an estimate. Plaintiff left the estimate with the defendant. The defendant wrote to the plaintiff stating [...]

Contracts Brief White v. Benkowski Procedural History: Brought before a jury for breach of contract. In favor of the Whites for $10 compensatory and $2000 punitive. Motions after the verdict reduced compensatory damages to $1 and did not award punitive damages. White appeals Reversed in terms of reinstating jury verdict on compensatory but affirmed in [...]

Contracts Brief Webb v. Estate of McGowin Procedural History: Circuit court in favor of D with nonsuit. P appeals. Reversed, Remanded Facts: P and D both worked at a Mill. P was dropping a 75 lb block of pine to the ground level as instructed by his employer and it is also a routine obligation [...]