Contracts: Hadley v Baxendale
Topic: Remedies, Damages, Foreseeability Court of Exchequer 1854 (England) Case Link: https://h2o.law.harvard.edu/collages/45164 Email: kasey.podtalk@gmail.com
Sep 15, 2022•7 min
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Stanford Law graduate Kasey Baughan takes you through the first year of law school. We will start with a brief overview of the US legal system, and then move to contract law, tort law, criminal law, and the other subjects you'd typically cover in the first year of law school.
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Contracts: Curtice Bros. Co. v. Catts
Topic: Specific Performance Court of Chancery of New Jersey, 1907 Case Link: https://casetext.com/case/curtice-bros-co-v-catts Email: kasey.podtalk@gmail.com
Sep 09, 2022•12 min
Contracts: Stonestreet v. Oil Co.
Learn about an oil company swindling a landowner out of their well. Supreme Court of North Carolina 1946 1:34 – Case start https://casetext.com/case/stonestreet-v-oil-co Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 https://twitter.com/lawschoolta
Jan 01, 2021•6 min
Contracts: Kirksey v Kirksey
Learn about more about consideration and a man who gave false hopes to his brother's widow. Supreme Court of Alabama 1845 1:34 - Case start https://h2o.law.harvard.edu/cases/2227 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirksey_v._Kirksey This paper gives (a lot) more back story: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=899002 Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 https://twitter.com/lawschoolta...
Jan 01, 2021•7 min
Contracts: Fear and Loathing v Mills
Topic: Moral Obligation Supreme Court of Massachusetts 1825 Case Link: https://casetext.com/case/mills-v-wyman Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: kasey.podtalk@gmail.com
Jan 01, 2021•6 min
What cases do you want to hear?
Are there any cases or topics you'd like me to do an episode on? Send a request! Doesn't need to be about contracts. Email: kasey.podtalk@gmail.com
Jan 01, 2021•1 min
Contracts: Expectation, Reliance, and Restitution Damages
This lecture covers the three different ways of calculating damages in contracts. Topic: Remedies Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: kasey.podtalk@gmail.com
Jan 01, 2021•9 min
Contracts: Sullivan v O'Connor
Topics: Contract Remedies Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, 1973 Damages Spectrum: Restitution <---> Reliance <---> Expectation Restitution Damages: The $622 she paid for surgery Expectation Damages: Difference between her messed up nose and "beautiful" nose + Pain and suffering for third surgery + Any hospital expenses for third surgery + Difference between her earnings with messed up nose and earnings she would have had with "beautiful" nose Reliance Damages: Difference betw...
Dec 18, 2020•23 min
Contracts: Remedies Intro
This topic comes as a special request from one of our listeners. Topic: Remedies Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: kasey.podtalk@gmail.com
Nov 05, 2020•8 min
Contracts: Webb v McGowin
Topic: Moral Obligation Court of Appeals of Alabama, 1935 Case Link: https://casetext.com/case/webb-v-mcgowin-1 Second Restatement §86: https://h2o.law.harvard.edu/collages/2718 Professor Ian Ayres Video Lecture: https://www.coursera.org/lecture/contracts-1/mills-v-wyman-moral-obligation-webb-v-mcgowin-rescuers-recompense-DkjYX Commentary on Webb v McGowin, Harrington v Taylor, and Mills v Wyman: http://scholar.google.com/scholar_url?url=https://www.faulknerlawreview.org/article/16603.pdf&hl...
Oct 29, 2020•13 min
Contracts: Harrington v Taylor
Topic: Moral Obligation Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1945 Case Link: https://casetext.com/case/harrington-v-taylor-2 Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: kasey.podtalk@gmail.com
Oct 22, 2020•5 min
Contracts: Manwill v. Oyler
Topic: Moral Obligation Supreme Court of Utah, 1961 Case Link: https://casetext.com/case/manwill-v-oyler Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: kasey.podtalk@gmail.com
Oct 15, 2020•7 min
Contracts: Moral Obligation
We are moving from the study of consideration onto a new topic called Moral Obligation. If you promise to pay someone for something they gave you in the past, will courts enforce that promise? Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: kasey.podtalk@gmail.com
Oct 02, 2020•7 min
Contracts: Omni Group, Inc. v. Seattle-First National Bank
Topic: Mutuality of Obligation Court of Appeals of Washington, 1982 Case link: https://casetext.com/case/omni-group-v-seattle-first-natl-bank Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: kasey.podtalk@gmail.com
Sep 24, 2020•9 min
Contracts: Wood v Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon
Topic: Mutuality of Obligation Court of Appeals of New York, 1917 Case link: https://casetext.com/case/wood-v-duff-gordon Wikipedia entry on the case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_v._Lucy,_Lady_Duff-Gordon Wikipedia bio on Lady Duff-Gordon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy,_Lady_Duff-Gordon Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: kasey.podtalk@gmail.com
Sep 17, 2020•13 min
Contracts: McMichael v Price
Topic: Mutuality of Obligation Supreme Court of Oklahoma, 1936 Case Link: https://casetext.com/case/mcmichael-v-price Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: kasey.podtalk@gmail.com
Sep 10, 2020•7 min
Contracts: Rehm–Zeiher Co. v FG Walker Co.
Topic: Mutuality of Obligation Court of Appeals of Kentucky, 1913 https://cite.case.law/ky/156/6/ Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: kasey.podtalk@gmail.com
Aug 27, 2020•7 min
Contracts: Mutuality of Obligation
What happens when one party promises to fulfill their side only "if they feel like it"? Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: kasey.podtalk@gmail.com
Aug 24, 2020•2 min
Contracts: Angel v Murray
Learn about a garbage man who bit off more than he could chew. Supreme Court of Rhode Island, 1974 https://casetext.com/case/angel-v-murray https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_v._Murray Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: kasey.podtalk@gmail.com
Aug 20, 2020•12 min
Contracts: Alaska Packers' Association v Domenico
Learn about a fishing trip that turned into a hold up. US Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, 1902 1:00 – Case start http://madisonian.net/downloads/contracts/alaska.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Packers'_Association Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: kasey.podtalk@gmail.com
Aug 13, 2020•9 min
Contracts: Levine v Blumenthal
Learn about a landlord who pretends to let their tenants off easy. Supreme Court of New Jersey 1936 1:00 - Case start https://casetext.com/case/levine-v-blumenthal Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: kasey.podtalk@gmail.com
Aug 06, 2020•7 min
Contracts: Pre-existing Duty Rule Intro
Learn about some of the pitfalls that can occur when parties try to modify their original agreements. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-existing_duty_rule Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: kasey.podtalk@gmail.com
Aug 03, 2020•6 min
Contracts: Fiege v Boehm
Learn about whether consideration needs to be based in fact. Court of Appeals of Maryland 1956 1:34 – Case start https://casetext.com/case/fiege-v-boehm Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: kasey.podtalk@gmail.com
Jul 30, 2020•9 min
Contracts: In re Greene
Learn about a player who went broke. US District Court for the Southern District of New York 1930 1:34 – Case start https://casetext.com/case/in-re-greene-5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_(contract_law) Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: kasey.podtalk@gmail.com
Jul 27, 2020•12 min
Contracts: Palmer v Dehn
Learn more about consideration in our goriest case yet. Tenn Court of Appeals 1947 1:34 – Case Start https://casetext.com/case/palmer-v-dehn Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: kasey.podtalk@gmail.com
Jul 23, 2020•7 min
Contracts: Pennsy Supply v American Ash Recycling
Learn about a construction company who paid nothing and got less than what they paid for. Penn Superior Court 2006 1:34 - Case start https://casetext.com/case/pennsy-supply-v-amer-ash-recycling-corp Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: kasey.podtalk@gmail.com
Jul 20, 2020•13 min
Contracts: Jara v Suprema Meats
Learn about a father who didn't want his son to get a pay raise. California Court of Appeals 2004 1:34 – Case start https://casetext.com/case/jara-v-suprema-meats-inc Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: kasey.podtalk@gmail.com
Jul 16, 2020•10 min
Contracts: Apfel v Prudential-Bache Securities, Inc.
Learn about whether ideas can count as consideration. Court of Appeals of New York, 1993 1:34 – Case start https://casetext.com/case/apfel-v-prudential-bache-sec Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: kasey.podtalk@gmail.com
Jul 13, 2020•9 min
Contracts: Thomas v Thomas
Learn about two brothers giving the boot to a sister-in-law. It's the British version of Kirksey v Kirksey. Queen's Bench 1842 1:34 – Case start Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: kasey.podtalk@gmail.com
Jul 10, 2020•8 min
Contracts: Langer v Superior Steel Corp
Learn about a loyal employee's pension that got cut short. Superior Court of Pennsylvania 1932 1:34 - Case start https://casetext.com/case/langer-v-superior-steel-corp Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 https://twitter.com/lawschoolta
Jul 08, 2020•6 min
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