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The Burger Murders exercise is based on which event?

Justice Potter Stewart said

Sally Corporation offers to buy out Arco Corp. by paying $67 per share. Billy Corporation, who also wants to buy Arco offers to pay $70 per share. When the bidding process is finally over, Sally Corporation has offered $84 per share and Billy Corporation has offered to pay $90 per share. Arco agrees to sell to Sally Corporation on grounds that, all things considered, the takeover by Sally Corporation would be better for the business.  Billy Corporation claims that Arco should have sold the company to it since it was the highest bidder. Is Billy Corporation correct?

Hussein bought a rotisserie in preparation for a party he was planning. When he put a chicken on the rotisserie, it would not rotate, but stayed in one position where it burned the chicken on one side and left it raw on the other. When he returned the rotisserie to the store, the salesperson disclaimed any responsibility because he had never told Hussein the rotisserie would rotate the food as it cooked. Does Hussein have any recourse?

Gloria purchased a boat from Surfers Unlimited. She later learned that the salesperson had made misrepresentations to induce her to make the purchase. Under UCC Section 2-721, Gloria

Lola entered into a written contract to buy a car from Park Motors. During the negotiations, the sales representative said that the car had a two-year full warranty. The written contract included a provision that stated, “This writing is the full and final expression of the parties’ agreement; anything said before signing or while signing is irrelevant.” The written contract did not include a warranty. Two months after Lola took delivery of the car, she discovered that the transmission needed to be replaced. Lola claimed that it was covered by the full warranty. Will Lola be able to present evidence as to the sales representative’s statements concerning the warranty?

Asim Plumbers agrees to purchase all of its sump pump requirements from Sumner Sump Pump, Inc. These two businesses have had similar agreements the last three years, and Asim’s requirements have averaged 100 sump pumps per year. This year there was an unusually wet spring and Asim’s requirements doubled to 200 sump pumps. Because of the high demand for sump pumps, the market price of the pumps triples. Sumner Sump Pump, Inc., delivers 100 pumps at $75 (the contract price). Sumner has exhausted its inventory and cannot deliver anymore, so Asim buys the other 100 pumps from other suppliers at $225 each. Asim sues Sumner Sump Pump, Inc., for the additional expense. What is the most likely result?

Under the merchants’ exception rule of the UCC, within a reasonable time of making an oral contract, if a merchant sends a written confirmation to another, and if the confirmation is definite enough to bind the sender herself, then the merchant who receives the confirmation will also be bound by it unless he objects in writing within

Lloyd Company had a contract with Progressive Oil to purchase 1,000 gallons of oil by December 1. The contract contained a provision that required all modifications to be written and signed by the company presidents. In early September, an executive of LLoyd talked with the purchasing agent of Progressive who orally agreed to provide 1,000 more gallons of oil by December 1. On December 1, when only 1,000 gallons had been delivered, LLoyd sued. The likely outcome of this lawsuit is

In Kelo v, City of New London, Connecticut, the U.S. Supreme Court