Questions from Business Law

Q: Gregory Mills lives next to Dean Kimbley. Mills kept a journal

Gregory Mills lives next to Dean Kimbley. Mills kept a journal of Kimbley ’ s activities, and even videotaped a few of the activities, including Kimbley ’ s smoking marijuana and standing drunk in his...

Q: Union Electric wishes to construct a new coal-fired plant in

Union Electric wishes to construct a new coal-fired plant in the northeastern corner of Arizona. Union plans to use the maximum achievement technology for the scrubbers on the plant to reduce emission...

Q: Federal Oil Co. was loading a tanker with fuel oil when

Federal Oil Co. was loading a tanker with fuel oil when the loading hose snapped for some unknown reason and about 1,000 gallons of oil poured into the ocean. Federal Oil was prosecuted for this water...

Q: The McConnells bought a home in Sherwood Estates. The land was

The McConnells bought a home in Sherwood Estates. The land was subject to a restrictive covenant that “ no building, fence, or other structure ” could be built on the land without the approval of the...

Q: The city of Salinas entered into a contract with Souza & McCue

The city of Salinas entered into a contract with Souza & McCue Construction Co. to construct a sewer. City officials knew unusual subsoil conditions (including extensive quicksand) existed that would...

Q: William Potts was employed by Jemoli Holdings, Inc., to liquidate

William Potts was employed by Jemoli Holdings, Inc., to liquidate assets of defunct companies. Potts had the authority to sign checks for Jemoli. Potts had a personal investment account with Raymond J...

Q: Lester purchased a used automobile from Mac- Kintosh Motors. He

Lester purchased a used automobile from Mac- Kintosh Motors. He asked the seller if the car had ever been in a wreck. The MacKintosh sales- person had never seen the car before that morning and knew n...

Q: Taback began building a vacation home on a parcel of wooded land

Taback began building a vacation home on a parcel of wooded land. It was to be a three-story house, 31 feet high. This height violated the local zoning ordinance that limited residential homes to two...

Q: The Stallcups lived in a rural section of the state. In

The Stallcups lived in a rural section of the state. In front of their house ran a relatively unused, unimproved public county road. Wales Trucking Co. transported concrete pipe from the plant where i...

Q: Henry Hatfield, CPA, was hired to prepare audited financial statements

Henry Hatfield, CPA, was hired to prepare audited financial statements for Happy Campers, a nonprofit organization providing summer camp scholarships for inner-city, low-income children. The executive...