Questions from Business Law


Q: Scott Harvard was a senior executive officer of Hampton Roads Bank shares

Scott Harvard was a senior executive officer of Hampton Roads Bank shares, Inc. (HRB), headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Harvard’s employment contract included a “golden parachute”—a payment o...

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Q: Carrianne Baird and the other sixty-one plaintiffs-appellants are

Carrianne Baird and the other sixty-one plaintiffs-appellants are former students in the registered nursing program of defendant-appellee, Owens Community College. The college lost its accreditation f...

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Q: On May 24, 2010, plaintiffs Marc and Bree Kohel entered

On May 24, 2010, plaintiffs Marc and Bree Kohel entered into a sales contract with defendant Bergen Auto Enterprises, L.L.C. d/b/a Wayne Mazda Inc. (Wayne Mazda), for the purchase of a used 2009 Mazda...

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Q: This is a contract dispute between plaintiff VLM Food Trading International,

This is a contract dispute between plaintiff VLM Food Trading International, Inc., a Canadian agricultural supplier and Illinois Trading Company, an Illinois produce reseller. VLM sold frozen potatoes...

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Q: After World War II, several Nazis were convicted of “crimes

After World War II, several Nazis were convicted of “crimes against humanity” by an international court. Assuming that these convicted war criminals had not disobeyed any law of their country and had...

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Q: In 1987, Kerstin Lindholm of Greenwich, Connecticut, bought a

In 1987, Kerstin Lindholm of Greenwich, Connecticut, bought a silkscreen by Andy Warhol titled Red Elvis from Anders Malmberg, a Swedish art dealer, for $300,000. In 1998, Lindholm lent Red Elvis to t...

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Q: Tammy Herring and Stacy Bowman signed an agreement titled “Bill of

Tammy Herring and Stacy Bowman signed an agreement titled “Bill of Sale—Purchase Agreement” involving a horse named Toby. The agreement defined Herring as the “buyer” and Stacy and Gregory Bowman, who...

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Q: AAA North Jersey, Inc., contracted with Five Star Auto Service

AAA North Jersey, Inc., contracted with Five Star Auto Service to perform towing and auto repair services for AAA. Terence Pershad, the driver of a tow truck for Five Star, responded to a call to AAA...

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Q: Barbara Bauman and twenty-one other residents of Argentina filed a

Barbara Bauman and twenty-one other residents of Argentina filed a suit in a federal district court in California against Daimler AG, a German company. They alleged that Mercedes-Benz (MB) Argentina,...

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Q: Tonya Bass signed a note with Mortgage Lenders Network USA, Inc

Tonya Bass signed a note with Mortgage Lenders Network USA, Inc., to borrow $139,988, repayable with interest in monthly installments of $810.75, to buy a house in Durham County, North Carolina. The n...

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