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This document summarizes key concepts and elements of contract law, including:
1. The predominant purpose test for determining if the UCC applies to mixed goods and services contracts.
2. Requirements for offer and acceptance, including definiteness, intent to be bound, consideration, and the battle of the forms rules.
3. Rules regarding nonconforming goods, cure, and modifications.
4. Defenses to enforcement of contracts such as duress, undue influence, fraud, statute of frauds, infancy, and mental capacity.
5. Implied contracts under promissory estoppel and quasi-contract theories.
6. The duty of good faith
This document summarizes key concepts and elements of contract law, including:
1. The predominant purpose test for determining if the UCC applies to mixed goods and services contracts.
2. Requirements for offer and acceptance, including definiteness, intent to be bound, consideration, and the battle of the forms rules.
3. Rules regarding nonconforming goods, cure, and modifications.
4. Defenses to enforcement of contracts such as duress, undue influence, fraud, statute of frauds, infancy, and mental capacity.
5. Implied contracts under promissory estoppel and quasi-contract theories.
6. The duty of good faith
This document summarizes key concepts and elements of contract law, including:
1. The predominant purpose test for determining if the UCC applies to mixed goods and services contracts.
2. Requirements for offer and acceptance, including definiteness, intent to be bound, consideration, and the battle of the forms rules.
3. Rules regarding nonconforming goods, cure, and modifications.
4. Defenses to enforcement of contracts such as duress, undue influence, fraud, statute of frauds, infancy, and mental capacity.
5. Implied contracts under promissory estoppel and quasi-contract theories.
6. The duty of good faith
-Mixed goods and services UCC 2-104 (Mercant! -"eals in goods o# te $ind% or -&olds imsel# out as aving special $no'ledge or s$ills (##er )enerall* -"e#inite intent to +e +ound -(+,ective% out'ard expression -(##eree reasona+l* deduce po'er to create - .dvertisement as (##er -/ot o##er% unless0 -invite per#ormance o# speci#ic act -'itout #urter communication -leave noting #or negotiation 1uotations -/ot o##er% unless0 -"e#inite intent to +e +ound UCC 2-202 (3irm (##er! -4riting -5igned +* Mercant -/o consideration re6uired -Time stated or reasona+le time% +ut 7 8monts .cceptance )enerall* -Must +e as o##er9s terms re6uire -(##eree9s assent to +e +ound :ilateral .greement (o##er re6uests promise! -Promise must +e communicated -Communication must eiter0 -:e received +* o##eror -:e in a 'a* li$el* to reac o##eror or Unilateral .greement (o##er re6uests per#ormance! -:eginning per#ormance created option contract -/oti#ication o# per#ormance generall* unnecessar* Unspeci#ied or Merel* 5uggested Metod o# .cceptance -.cceptance +* promise or per#ormance Time #or .cceptance0 po'er to accept terminates0 -;evocation +* o##eror -lapse in time -deat o# part* -;e,ection or counter-o##er <ast 5ot ;ule -Terms in last o##er=counter-o##er +e#ore per#ormance govern UCC 2-20> (/on-Con#orming )oods! -(##er to purcase #or prompt=current sipment -.cceptance +* prompt or current sipment -?alid agreement% even i# goods are noncon#orming -/o agreement i# notice o# accommodation UCC 2-20@ (Cure! -;e,ection o# non-con#orming goods% and eiter -Time to per#orm A notice re cure A con#orming deliver*% or -;easona+le grounds A notice re cure A con#orming deliver* UCC 2-20B (:attle o# 3orms! Acceptance -5upersedes common la' last sot rule -Cnconsistent terms in o##er and acceptance -Expression o# acceptance or 'ritten con#irmation -(perates as acceptance% even i# o##eree does not assent% unless -.cceptance is expressl* conditional upon asssent UCC 2-20B (:attle o# 3orms! Governing Terms -Cali#ornia rule vD ma,orit* rule -C# eiter part* is not a mercant% inconsistent terms govern onl* i# o##eree assents to term -C# +ot parties are mercants% inconsistent terms govern unless (##er expressl* limits acceptance to its terms Material alteration /oti#ication o# o+,ection C# an* o# tese tree% o##eror9s terms govern UCC 2-20B No Valid Acceptance, but Parties Acts Show K -4ritings o# te parties are insu##icient to so' a contract (i.e.% acceptance is expressl* conditional upon assent! -Parties act as i# tere is a contract -Consistent terms and gap #illers govern Promissor* Estoppel -Promise -;easona+l* #oreseea+le to induce reliance -Eusti#ia+le reliance -Eustice re6uires en#orcement 1uasi Contract -/o promise -:ene#it con#erred -Un,ust enricment -Eustice re6uires en#orcement Consideration -:argained #or -Per#ormance% #or+earance% alteration o# legal relationsip -:ene#it to promisor or detriment to promisee 5tatute o# 3rauds -;eal propert* -5uret*sip -Per#ormance necessaril* past one *ear -5ale o# goods F G200 -Exceptions .ge -?oida+le +* minor -"isa##irm +e#ore reacing ma,orit* or reasona+le time a#ter -/ecessities exception Mental Capacit* -?oida+le +* mentall* de#icient part* -Una+le to understand transaction in reasona+le manner -Una+le to act reasona+l* A reason to $no' o# condition Pre-Existing "ut* ;ule0 #or modi#ication% eiter -"ut* is dou+t#ul or su+,ect to onest dispute -/e' consideration UCC 2-20H (Modi#ications! -/o ne' consideration i# good #ait% legitimate +usiness reason "uress -4rong#ul treat -Precludes #ree 'ill -/o reasona+le option Undue Cn#luence -Ta$ing advantage o# anoter9s 'ea$ness o# mind or necessit* -Precludes #ree 'ill 3raud -Misrepresentation% concealment% dut* to disclose% opinion -Contri+utes to assent -4it or 'itout $no'ledge o# #alsit* -Eusti#ia+le reliance UCC 8-811 (.ccord and 5atis#action! -Conspicuous IPaid in 3ullJ -Uncertain de+t or good #ait dispute -"eposited cec$ Unconsciona+ilit* -5u+stantive (soc$s conscience in C.% igl* unreasona+le else'ere! -Procedural (adesion - or une6ual +argaining po'er! )ood 3ait and 3air "ealing -&onest* in #act in te per#ormance o# contract Cllegal Contracts0 - re6uires illegal act or #acilitates illegalit* -Covenants not to compete Parol Evidence ;ule0 excludes oral=prior 'ritten agreements -4riting signed +* +ot parties (integration! -Exceptions% nota+l* am+iguit* and #airl* suscepti+le -"oes not appl* to su+se6uent oral modi#ications -Complete versus partial integration -/aturall* omitted=not certainl* included -Trade usage% course o# dealing% course o# per#ormance