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Constitutional Law | Due Process and Equal Protection | ESSAY
Hard
City A awards contracts for public park construction. After a consultant reported that minority-owned firms had received only five percent of city park contracts over the past decade, the city adopted two ordinances. The...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. XIV, Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena, Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp., Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Contracts | UCC Article 2 Basics | ESSAY
Hard
...e. This essay tests Article 2 quantity terms, requirements and output contracts, exclusive dealing, good faith, and reasonable time rules. UCC 2-306, UCC 2-309, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts
Citations: UCC 2-306, UCC 2-309, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts
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Contracts | Third-Party Rights | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Hard
...parties attempted to amend the promise away. Restatement (Second) of Contracts 311, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts
Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts 311, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts
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Contracts | Defenses and Capacity | ESSAY
Hard
...ed the seller's offer to include an inspection and zoning-contingency clause. In a third transaction, a contractor submitted a $48,000 written bid for renovation work but accidentally omitted a $20,000 plumbing line item...
Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts 159, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 161, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 164, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 152, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 153, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 154
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Contracts | Third-Party Rights | ESSAY
Hard
...fication, and defenses against a beneficiary. Restatement (Second) of Contracts 302, Rest...
Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts 302, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 304, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 309, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 311, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts
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Contracts | Offer and Acceptance | ESSAY
Hard
...age acceptance and UCC battle-of-forms rules. Restatement (Second) of Contracts 59, UCC 2-207, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts
Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts 59, UCC 2-207, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts
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Contracts | UCC Article 2 Basics | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Hard
...e-of-forms formation rule. UCC 2-207, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts
Citations: UCC 2-207, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts
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Contracts | Offer and Acceptance | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Hard
...dgment with an added term. UCC 2-207, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts
Citations: UCC 2-207, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts
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Contracts | Statute of Frauds and Parol Evidence | ESSAY
Hard
...grocer seeks to introduce evidence of the trade usage, prior similar contracts between the parties, the first four months of performance, and the prior oral organic-only promise. Analyze the admissibility and effect of...
Citations: UCC 1-303, UCC 2-202, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts
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Contracts | UCC Article 2 Basics | ESSAY
Hard
...104, UCC 2-205, UCC 2-206, UCC 2-207, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts
Citations: UCC 2-104, UCC 2-205, UCC 2-206, UCC 2-207, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts
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Contracts | Statute of Frauds and Parol Evidence | ESSAY
Hard
...ifications, and no-oral-modification clauses. Restatement (Second) of Contracts 131, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 132, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 149, UCC 2-201, UCC 2-209
Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts 131, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 132, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 149, UCC 2-201, UCC 2-209
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Contracts | Remedies | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Hard
...e enforceability test for liquidated damages. Restatement (Second) of Contracts 356, UCC 2-718, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts
Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts 356, UCC 2-718, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts
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Contracts | Remedies | ESSAY
Hard
...personal services, and negative injunctions. Restatement (Second) of Contracts 356, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 357, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 359, Restateme...
Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts 356, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 357, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 359, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 367, UCC 2-716, UCC 2-718
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Contracts | Third-Party Rights | ESSAY
Hard
...ce, and obligor defenses against an assignee. Restatement (Second) of Contracts 317, Restatemen...
Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts 317, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 322, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 324, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 336, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts
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Civil Procedure | Venue and Transfer | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
A commercial contract contains a valid clause requiring suit in the federal District of State M. The plaintiff files in the federal District of State N, where venue is otherwise proper under Section 1391. How is the clau...
Citations: Atlantic Marine Construction Co. v. U.S. District Court, 28 U.S.C. 1404(a)
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Constitutional Law | First Amendment | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
A city auditor's job includes reviewing contracts for waste and writing internal reports. After finding serious overbilling, the auditor writes a required report to her supervisor. The city later disciplines her for the...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. I, Garcetti v. Ceballos, Pickering v. Board of Education
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Business Associations | Directors and Officers | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
A corporation's president regularly signs routine customer contracts. Without a board vote, the president signs an agreement to sell the corporation's only factory. Which statement best describes the president's apparent...
Citations: Agency principles applied to corporate officers
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Constitutional Law | Commerce Clause and Taxing Power | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Hard
...ll-emergency statute providing that, notwithstanding dormant Commerce Clause limitations, any state facing certified landfill shortages may impose a surcharge on nonhazardous solid waste shipped from another state for di...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 8, cl. 3, Prudential Insurance Co. v. Benjamin, Western & Southern Life Insurance Co. v. State Board of Equalization
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Business Associations | Corporations Formation and Authority | ESSAY
Hard
...es one brewery. Its president, Dana, routinely signs grain and bottle contracts for the company. Without a board vote, Dana signed a one-year grain-supply contract at market prices. The next day, also without a board vot...
Citations: Model Business Corporation Act principles
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Contracts | Defenses and Capacity | ESSAY
Hard
...restitution, and ratification after majority. Restatement (Second) of Contracts 12, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 14, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts
Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts 12, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 14, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts
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Contracts | Defenses and Capacity | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Hard
...applies the necessaries exception for minors. Restatement (Second) of Contracts 12, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 14, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts
Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts 12, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 14, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts
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Contracts | Statute of Frauds and Parol Evidence | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Hard
...o bar contradiction of an integrated writing. Restatement (Second) of Contracts 209, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 213, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts
Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts 209, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 213, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts
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Contracts | Third-Party Rights | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
...g a payment right under an existing contract. Restatement (Second) of Contracts 317, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 324, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts
Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts 317, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 324, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts
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Contracts | Third-Party Rights | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
...y continuing-liability rule after delegation. Restatement (Second) of Contracts 318, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts
Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts 318, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts