Questions from Business Law

Q: From May 1992 through January 1993 plaintiff Bed, Bath & Beyond

From May 1992 through January 1993 plaintiff Bed, Bath & Beyond negotiated with defendant La Jolla Village Square Venture Partners (“La Jolla”) for a lease of retail space in La Jolla Village Square,...

Q: Mr. and Ms. Ahrens wanted to buy a trailer court

Mr. and Ms. Ahrens wanted to buy a trailer court owned by Charles Dodd. The Ahrenses drafted and signed a contract to buy “Blue Bell Trailer Court” for $305,000. The contract stated that the trailer c...

Q: William J. Jenack Estate Appraisers and Auctioneers, Inc. sold

William J. Jenack Estate Appraisers and Auctioneers, Inc. sold fine art and antiques at public auctions. Albert Rabizadeh wanted to buy a nineteenth-century Russian silver and enamel box, with an esti...

Q: Dr. Robert Mayo was a tenured faculty member of the engineering

Dr. Robert Mayo was a tenured faculty member of the engineering department at North Carolina State University (NCSU). In July, he informed his department chair, Dr. Paul Turinsky, that he was leaving...

Q: Jones Brothers Construction was the general contractor on a job to expand

Jones Brothers Construction was the general contractor on a job to expand American Airlines facilities at O’Hare International Airport. Jones Brothers invited Quake Construction to bid on the employee...

Q: Scott Minkler alleged that when he was a child, his Little

Scott Minkler alleged that when he was a child, his Little League baseball coach, David Schwartz, had molested him. During the period when these terrible events occurred, David was living at the home...

Q: Heritage wanted to buy a substance called TBCC from Phibro but,

Heritage wanted to buy a substance called TBCC from Phibro but, because of uncertainty in the industry, the two companies could not agree on a price for future years. It turned out, though, that the p...

Q: Oak Ridge FM, Inc. and Dick Broadcasting Company (DBC

Oak Ridge FM, Inc. and Dick Broadcasting Company (DBC) entered into a contract that gave DBC a right of first refusal to purchase all the assets of Oak Ridge’s radio station WOKI-FM. The agreement als...

Q: Microsoft Libya hired a Libyan citizen, Mahmoud Kedkad, to work

Microsoft Libya hired a Libyan citizen, Mahmoud Kedkad, to work as a Marketing Lead in Tripoli. Kedkad signed a one-year employment agreement (2010 Contract) providing that: This contract is subject...

Q: Discovery in civil litigation is rarely the subject matter for legal dramas

Discovery in civil litigation is rarely the subject matter for legal dramas on television or in the movies, so the discussion of discovery will be unfamiliar to many students. Students should understa...