DIRECTIONS: READ FIRST!!!

DIRECTIONS: READ FIRST!!!

Today you must complete three of the following blogs. Please make sure that you explain all of your answers. Also, each blog needs to be answered by at least 4 complete sentences. There are correct answers for each blog, so make sure you use your books.

Liability Insurance

Moser had no automobile liability insurance, although it was required by state law. She negligently collided with Chang's car. Change threatened to sue if Moser failed to pay $1,000 for pain and suffering and $2,000 for car repairs. Moser gave Change a check for $3,000. Then she stopped payment on it, claiming duress.

Was it duress? Explain.

Accounting Software

Ashbery, a salesperson, told Gelman that a new computer and its accounting software should do the work of at least five employees. Relying on this statement, Gelman bought the products. When Gelman found that he could eliminate only three employees but needed a new specialist, he claimed fraud.

Was fraud committed? Explain.

Selling a Well

During negotiations for the sale of a well to be used to water animals, Hutton said the well was free of gypsum and brine (salty water). In fact, the well did contain gypsum, although there was no brine. The gypsum made the well unusable for watering animals. Curry, the purchaser, refused to pay, claiming the contract was voidable because of misrepresentation.

Was it, explain?

Ranch Purchase

In negotiations for the purchase of a ranch, Adler (the seller) discussed water rights with Folt, the buyer. Adler never mentioned an on-going dispute she had over such rights with a neighboring rancher. After the purchase, Folt realized that he had "bought a lawsuit" when his neighbor sued him over the water rights. In turn, he therefore sued Adler for rescission of their contract.

Who will win and why?

DIRECTIONS: READ FIRST!!!

DIRECTIONS: READ FIRST!!!

You must answer all 4 of the following posts. Each post needs to be answered with a minimum of 3 complete sentences.

Motor Home

Schneider offered to sell his motor home to Nunzio for $28,000. Schneider specified that in accepting, Nunzio must agree to pay the entire amount within 30 days. Nunzio accepted but changed the terms to $8,000 down and the balance in 20 equal payments with interest at 10 percent a year on the unpaid balance.

Was there an acceptance? Explain.

Ski Boat

Sam advertised his ski boat for sale, priced at $4,500, complete with outboard engine and trailer. Barbara paid Sam $100 for a ten-day option, the money to be applied to the purchase price if she exercised her right to buy. Two days later, Sam was killed.

Is Barbara's option still valid?

Tutor

Caryn offered to tutor Dottie in business law for six hours on the day before the final exam in return for $100. Dottie responded, "Let me think about it for a day, okay?" Two hours alter Jim offered Caryn $150 to tutor him on the day before the final and she accepted. Dottie called Caryn an hour later and said, "I accept." Caryn said, I'm sorry but I've already agreed to tutor Jim that day so I can't tutor you."

Was there a contract between Caryn and Dottie? Explain.

Motorized Wheelchair

Frank saw a motorized wheelchair advertised in the paper. When he called, it was described to him and he drove out to see it. The seller was asking $900 for it, but it needed work. SO Frank offered $700. The seller said she wasn't interested at that price. later, Frank called and accepted the offer at the $900 price.However, the seller said it had been sold. Frank became upset and sued.

Will the seller be liable? Why or why not?

DIRECTIONS: READ FIRST!!!

Choose two blog posts below to complete.

Green v. County School Board of New Kent County (1968)

States and counties adopted many different plans to desegregate their schools. In 1965, the New Kent County school board adopted a "freedom-of-choice plan," which essentially allowed students in the rural, residentially integrated district to choose which of the two schools they wished to attend-the formerly all black Watkins School or the formerly all-white New Kent School. After three years of the new plan, no whites had elected to attend Watkins and only 115 blacks attended New Kent. The black school children in this case contended that the "freedom-of-choice plan" in practice operated to perpetuate the racially dual (segregated) school system. It placed the burden of desegregation on the black children's shoulders.

If you were a Supreme Court justice, would you rule this "freedom-of-choice plan" constitutional?

Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenberg Board of Education (1971)

The school district in question was a part-urban, part-rural district covering 550 square miles and serving 84,000 pupils in 101 schools. The school population was 29 percent black and those pupils were concentrated in one quadrant of Charlotte. Even after the Brown v. Board of Education decision, more than half of the black students attended schools without any white students or teachers. After the Green decision, the federal district court adopted a plan to scatter the highly concentrated black-student population by transporting students. The plan would involve 13,000 students and require 100 new buses at a cost of millions of dollars.

If you were a Supreme Court justice, would you order the desegregation of this school district through a busing system to disperse students?

Keyes v. School District No. 1, Denver Colorado (1973)

This was one of the first cases dealing with school segregation outside of the South. In this case, the lower courts found that the Denver School District deliberately engaged in discrimination in the Park Hill section of the district by building schools in certain areas, gerrymandering student attendance zones, and by the excessive use of mobile classroom units, among other things. The petitioners in the case not only wanted the Park Hill section of the city to be desegregated, but wanted the courts to order desegregation of all segregated schools in the city of Denver, particularly the heavily segregated schools in the core city area, even though there was no evidence of a deliberate attempt to segregate students in all-black schools there.

If you were a Supreme Court justice, would you order the entire district desegregated, or just the Park Hill area?

Milken v. Bradley (1974)

This case concerned the segregation practices of the Detroit school district, which was the fifth largest in the nation in 1970. Several black students and the NAACP filed the suit against the Detroit school district alleging past and present discrimination in the Detroit system, particularly in the drawing of school district and attendance zone boundaries. Lower courts found that there was discrimination and ordered the system to desegregate. Because of white flight to the suburbs, the Detroit school district was largely black, making it difficult to truly desegregate. A plan was devised to include surrounding majority white school districts in the desegregation plan, even though those districts had not engaged in any illegal segregation. This was believed necessary because without their participation, there could not be a racial balance in Detroit's schools.

If you were a Supreme Court justice, would you approve the plan to desegregate multiple school districts even though only one school district had been found to have illegally discriminated?