BUS 263 class slides, March 11, 2014
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Chapter 11: Contracts for
the Sale of Goods
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Contract rules
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Statute of Frauds
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Mailbox Rule
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Peppercorn Rule
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Where did these names come from?
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Common law of contracts
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Potential problems?
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What if you do business in many states?
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Solutions?
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Uniform Commercial Code
• First published 1952
• National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL)
• Enacted in part by all 50 states
• Enacted in entirety by 49 states
• Modifies and standardizes common law
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UCC Art. 2: Sales of Goods
• Adopted by every state except Louisiana
• Covers sales
– not rentals or leases
• Covers goods
– tangible, moveable property
– not land
– not intangibles
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Offers
• Common law: definite terms
• price
• payment
• delivery
• quantity
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Common law: Do we have a contract?
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Terms?
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Quantity?
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Delivery?
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Payment?
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Price?
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No definite terms?
No contract.
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UCC: Open terms
• price
• payment
• delivery
• quantity
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Price?
• Reasonable price at time of delivery
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Payment?
• Due at time and place of delivery
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Delivery?
• At seller's place of business (or residence)
• In a reasonable time
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Quantity?
• ???
• Can't be open
• Except:
– Requirements contract
– Output contract
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Merchant's firm offer
• written offer by merchant stating time it will remain open cannot be revoked
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Merchant?
• Buys & sells goods for a living
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Different rules for contracts between merchants
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Mirror-Image Rule
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Common law?
• Any change in terms is a counter-offer
• Rejects original
• No contract
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UCC
• w/ nonmerchant:contract is formed according to original terms
• between merchants: additional terms are part of contract unless:
– original offer expressly limited to its terms
– new terms materially alter the contract
– offeror objects to new terms w/in a reasonable time
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Statute of Frauds
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Between merchants
• written confirmation sent to other party satisfies SOF if other merchant does not send written rejection in 10 days
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Exceptions to statute of frauds • specially mfd. goods
– specially manufactured for buyer
– not suitable for resale to others in the ordinary course of business
• seller has substantially begun to manufacture or made commitments
• admissions in pleadings, testimony, or court proceedings
• partial performance: payment made or goods accepted
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Modifications to contracts
• Common law: new consideration required (MOO)
• Between merchants no consideration needed
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Remedies
• Common law: money damages
• UCC
– Withhold delivery
– Demand cash if buyer insolvent
– Re-sell goods
– Cancel
– Stop in transit
– Reclaim goods
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Warranties
• title
• express
• implied
– merchantability
– fitness for a particular purpose
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Risk of Loss
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risk of loss
• title vs. possession
• doesn’t necessarily follow title
• Generally, risk follows goods
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Delivery terms?
• Shipment contract?
• Destination contract?
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Shipment contract (default under UCC)
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Destination Contract
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Performance
• tender of delivery: seller must have conforming goods available for buyer to take delivery
• perfect tender rule
– right to cure
– commercial impracticability
– destruction of identified goods
– cooperation
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Non-conforming goods
• buyer's remedies:
– accept
– reject
– accept part/reject part
• Cure