FROMlPRIORlBULl4310lEXAMSlOFlTESTlTWOlMATERIAL
©lRobertlW.lEmerson,lJunel8,l2020
Thelhundredsloflquestionslbelowlhavelbeenl putlintoltheselthreeloverallltopics,lcoveredlinlthislord
erlduringlthislsemester.
Contractsl(Questionsl1-277) Pagesl 1-119
ThelFirstlAmendmentlandlFreedomloflSpeechl (Questionsl278-297) Pagesl119-
127lEmploymentl DiscriminationlLawl(Questionsl 298-340) Pagesl127-143
Itlislveryllikelylusefullforl youltolpracticeltakingltestslbylstartinglwithlthel otherldocumentlalsolpostedlo
nlthelcourselwebsite,lcontainingltheselquestionslbutlwithoutlthelanswerslandlexplanations.lAfterl youl
practice,lthenl youl canllooklatlthisldocumentlandl readlthelexplanations,levenlforlthelquestionsl youlans
weredlcorrectly.l (Youlmaylstillllearnlfroml discussionl orlpagelreferenceslthatl youlhadl notlalreadylthor
oughlylconsidered.)l Alsolnote:lwhileltherelnowlarelonlylmultiple-
choicelquestionslonltheltests,ltherelwereltrue-
falselinl thelpast,lsolalnumberloflthelpracticelquestionslherel areltrue-false.l Thelsubstanceloflthoseltrue-
falselquestionslremainslquitelpertinent,landlalnumberloflmultiple-
choicelquestionslonltestslmaylhavelaltrue-
falselelementltoltheml (e.g.,l “Pickl thel truel statement”l orl “pickl thel falsel statement”l (ofl thel fivel stateme
nts,l a-e,lforlthatlquestion).
Aslwithlalllmateriallpostedlonlthelcourselwebsite,l yoularelfreeltolprintlthisloutlandlbringlitltoltheltest.l Ila
mlneitherlrecommendinglthatlapproachl(lotsloflpaper!),lnorldiscouraginglit,lbutlsimplylnotinglthatlitlisl
entirelylyourlcalllwhetherltolemploylthatlstrategy.
Barron’slreferenceslareltolRobertlW.lEmerson,lBusinesslLawl(Barron’s,l6thled.l2015).lReferencesltol
“LSB”lareltolRobertlW.lEmerson,lLaw,lSocietylandlBusinesslTargetlCopy,l2020).lThelnumberlafterlal
booklreferencelislalpagelnumberl–
le.g.,l LSBl28lmeanslthel28thlpageloflthel LSBlbook.l Pagelreferenceslarelgenerallandlmay,lonloccasion,
lbelofflbylalpagelorltwo.
Referencesltolanswerslcominglfromllectures,loflcourse,lusuallylreferltollectureslfromlpreviouslsem
esters,laslordinarilylwelhavelnotlgottenltolthatlmateriallyetlthislsemester.lMostloflthosellectureldis
cussionsllikelylwillloccurlthislsemesterlaslwell.
Aslwithlalllmateriallpostedlonlthelcourselwebsite,lyoularelfreeltolprintlthisloutlandlbringlitltoltheltest.lIlamln
eitherlrecommendinglthatlapproachl(lotsloflpaper!),lnorldiscouraginglit,lbutlsimplylnotinglthatlitlislentir
elylyourlcalllwhetherltolemploylthatlstrategy.
Contractsl(Questionsl1-277)
1. Pickltheltruelstatement.
a. FactlPattern:lSam,lalknownlalcoholiclwholliveslnextldoor,lcomesloverloneldaylandlsayslthatlsi
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,ncelyoulhavelbeenlsuchlalgreatlneighbor,lhelwilllselllyoulhisl$100,000lhouselforlonly
$60,000.l Samlislobviouslylintoxicated.lYoulimmediatelylagreelandldraftlalcontractlforlthe
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, sale.lSamlsignslitlandlleaves,lbutlalweekllaterlhelcomesltolyoulandlclaimslheldidn’tlknowlwhatlhel
wasldoinglandlwantsltoldisaffirmlthelcontract.
Statement:lSamlisllegallylboundltoltheltermsloflthelcontract.
Answer:lFalse.lAlkeylfactlislthatlthislhomelworthl$100,000lwaslsoldlforl$60,000l–
lalvastlyllowlpricelthatlthelneighborlmustlhavelknownlwaslridiculouslyllow.lTherelwaslnolothe
rlconsiderationltolcompensatelforlthatlhugeldifferential.lThus,lthelneighborlwaslputlonlnotice
lthatlalmistakelorlthatlSaml–lknownltolbelaldrunkard,landlobviouslylintoxicatedl–
lwaslincapacitated.lSeelLSBl272.-lHabitualldrunkardlstatutes.lBarron’slpagel132.
b. FactlPattern:lSidneylandlHallelcreatelanlintegratedlcontractlthatlcompletelylandlunambiguousl
yllaysloutltheltermslofltheirlagreement.l SidneylisltolwashlHalle’slcarlwithlsoaplandlwater,lvacuuml
everylroomlinlherlhouse,landlmowlherllawn.lHallelisltolpaylSidneyl$200lforlallloflthis.lAldisputeler
uptslbetweenltheltwolpartiesloverltheltermslofltheirlcontract.lHallelargueslthatlSidneylhadlmention
edlthatlSidneylwouldlwaxlthelcar,lalso.l HallelattemptsltolofferlevidencelthatlSidneylagreedltolwaxl
itlandlevenlaskedlwhatlkindloflwaxltoluse.lStatement:lOrdinarily,lHallelcanlpresentlthatlevidence.
Answer:lFalse.lLSBl300-
301.lInlanlintegratedlcontract,lcourtslmustlstickltolthelexpressltermsloflthelcontractlandlexclu
delanylextraneouslevidence.lHere,lthelcontractlspecificallylonlylmentionslsoaplandlwater.
c. Statement:lSeekinglanlorderloflspecificlperformancelcanlservelaslalvaluablelpost-
ljudgmentlbargainingltoolltolinducelallosingldefendantltolagreeltolalnewlcontractlmorelattractiveltolth
elplaintiff.
Answer:lTrue.lBarron’slpagel171-
172.l“SpecificlPerformance”lcoverslthislquestion.lLSBl336lcoverslthislaslwell.lNote:lAnlinjuncti
onlorderinglspecificlperformancelcompelslthellosinglpartyltoltakelactionsltolconformlwithlthelte
rmsloflthelcontractl-
le.g.,lturnloverltheldeedltolthelproperty,lhandloverlthelrarelcoin,letc.lSometimes,lratherlthanldolt
hat,laldefendantlmaylpreferltolreachlanotherlagreementlwithlthelwinninglplaintiffl-
le.g.,lpaylhimlsomethingltolholdl ontolthelreall estatelorlthelrarelcoin.
d. FactlPattern:lSallownslalbaseballlcardlstorelandlislsellinglalRoblEmersonlrookielcardlforl50lce
nts.lThirteen-year-
oldlTimmylcomeslinlandlbuyslthelcard.l AslTimmylwalkslout,lSallopenslalpricelguidelandlseeslthatlthel
cardlhaslgoneluplinlvaluelsincelthellastlissue,ltol$500.l HelcatcheslTimmyloutsidelthelstorelandltellslTi
mmylthatlhelmadelalmistakelandlthelcardlmustlbelreturnedlorlTimmylmustlpaylthel$500.
Statement:lTimmylmustlreturnlthelcardlorlpaylthel$500.
Answer:lFalse,lmistakelinlvaluelislnotlvalidlgroundslforlvoidinglalcontractlandlunilaterallmist
akelbylthelpartylbestlsuitedlforlcatchinglsuchlalmistakelislnotlvoidable.lTimmy’slinfancylcann
otlbelusedlagainstlhim.lLSBl266.
e. Statement:lAlmerchant’slfailureltolanswerlalcustomer’slmateriallquestionlaboutlthelmer
chant’slgoodslgenerallylwilllnotlsufficelaslanlelementloflfraud.
Answer:lFalse.lSilencelislnotlalfraud,lbutlfailureltolanswerlalquestionlis.l SeelLSBl258-
259;lLectures;lBarron’slpagel118.
2. Janelwalkslintolanlelectronicslshopltollooklatlstereos.l Shelfindslalstereolthatlhasllabelslonlitlreadi
ngl“alllthelfeatureslyoulcouldlwantlandlmore.”lJaneldecidesltolpurchaselthelstereo.lThelstorelclerklt
ellslJanelthatlshelhasltenldaysltoltryloutlthelstereolrisk-
free,lduringlwhichlshelcanlreturnlitlforlalfulllrefund.lAlmonthllater,lJanelbringslbacklthelstereolandls
ayslthatlitldoeslnotlhavelsurround-
soundlfeatureslaslsheloriginallylthoughtlitlmust,landlthereforelshelwantslher
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, moneylback.l Thelclerklrefuses.l Chooselthelbestlanswer:
a. Janelordinarilylcouldlgetlalcourtltolorderlthelreturnloflherlmoneyl(inlexchangelforlthelst
ereo)lbecause,lonlthelpurchaseldate,lthelclerkldidlnotltelllJanelaboutlallloflthelmachine
’slfunctions/features.
b. AlcourtlwouldlmostllikelylrulelinlJane’slfavorlbecauseltheltextlonlthelstereollabelslwasl
misleading.
c. Janelordinarilylcouldlgetlalcourtltolorderlthelreturnloflherlmoneyl(inlexchangelforlthelst
ereo)lbecausel“shady”l(e.g.,lunethical)ldealingslsuchlasltheselarelnotlheldltolthelnorm
allstandardslofltimelperiodlrestrictions.
d. Janelprobablylcannotlwinlinlcourt;levenlifltheltextlonlthelstereollabelslwaslsomewhatlm
isleading,lthelfactlthatlJanelhadltenlrisk-
freeltrialldayslgavelherlampleltimeltoltestlthelfunctionslandlmakeluplherlmind.
e. Janelprobablylhaslnolwinninglclaimlagainstlthelstorelbecauselthellabels’ltextldefi
nitelylwaslpuffing,landlJanelremainedlsilentlaboutltheltextlwhenlshelpurchasedlt
helstereo.
Answer—D;lAnswerlEl–ldefinitelyl–
lisloverbroad.lWhilelthislcertainlylislpuffery,lthelkeylfactlislthatlJanelfailedltolabidelbylthelter
msloflthelreturnlagreementlandlbringlitlbacklwithinl10ldays.lShelthereforelwaivedlherlrightsl
underlthelagreementltolreturnlitlforlalrefund.lAfterlthel10ldays,lJanelislpresumedltolhavelcom
pletelylacceptedlthelproductlaslacceptablelinlfulllaccordlandlsatisfaction.lLSBl255.
3. WhichloflthelfollowinglislnotlanlexceptionltolthelStatuteloflFrauds?
a. Anlorallcontractlbetweenlmerchants
b. Admissions
c. ThelParollevidencelrule
d. Partiallperformance
e. Specially-madelgoods
Answer—C:lparollevidencelrule.l LSBl299-302;lBarron’slpagel141.
4. AnlAmericanlbusiness,lBiglKidslToylCompany,lneedslinventorylforlitslretaillstores.lOnlJanuaryl
1,l2019,litlsendslalsignedlletterltolalMexicanlbusiness,lMasslPlasticolCreations,lInc.lofferingltolbuyl
10,000lG.I.lJoelfigureslforl$10,000.l BiglKidslstateslinlitslletterlthatlitlwilllkeeplitslofferlopenluntillJa
nuaryl30,l2019.lMasslPlasticolcontemplateslthislofferlandldrawsluplanlacceptancelletter.lJustlbefore
lsendinglthelacceptance,lMasslPlasticolreceiveslalletterlfromlBigl KidslrevokinglitslofferlonlJanuaryl
25.lMasslPlasticolthenlsendslthelacceptance,lanyway,lthelfollowingldayl(Januaryl26).lBiglKidslrece
iveslthelacceptancelonlJanuaryl29.lWilllBiglKidslbelrequiredltolproceedlwithlthelcontractlbylMasslP
lastico’slacceptance?
A. No,lthelmailboxlrulelmakeslthelrevocationleffectivelbeforelMasslPlastico’slacc
eptance.
B. No,lthislislanlinvalidloptionlcontract
C. No,lthislislanlinvalidlcontractuallofferlbecauselMasslPlasticoldidlnotlgivelcon
siderationlforlkeepinglthelofferlopen.
D. Yes,lthelofferlwaslacceptedlbeforelBiglKidslcouldlrevoke
E. Yes,lwrittenlofferslforlanylsaleloflgoodsloverl$500larelirrevocable
Answer-D:lLSBl226l–
lAnswerlAlwouldlbeltrueliflthelfirmlwrittenlofferlwerelnotlapplicable.lBlislwronglbecauselthislislal
“firmloffer”,lnotlanloptionlcontract.lUCCl2-205l(thelfirm
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