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The plaintiff made a one-year employment contract with the defendant for labor for one year, from some time in March 1831 to some time in March 1832. The employment contract specified that the plaintiff would be paid $ 120 at the end of the contract period. The plaintiff voluntarily left his
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December 27, 1831. The defendant refused to pay the plaintiff, and the jury in the Court of Common Pleas awarded the plaintiff $ 95. The defendant appealed the jury verdict.
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Cartridge Remanufacturers Ass'n Inc. v. Lexmark International Inc.
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Atlantic Marine
Construction Co. v. United States District Court
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In re Zappos.com, Inc., Customer Data
Security Breach Litigation
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In the matter of David G. Blanchflower and Sian E. Blanchflower
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Kansas City
Wholesale Grocery Co. v. Weber Packing Corp.
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323:Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. v. United States
304:Lefkowitz v. Great Minneapolis Surplus Store, Inc
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801:Helene Curtis Industries, Inc. v. United States
413:Step-Saver Data Systems, Inc. v. Wyse Technology
147:that marked one of the first appearances of the
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496:Salsbury v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.
749:Lenawee County Board of Health v. Messerly
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132:Parker, joined by Richardson, Green, Upham
196:Foundation Press, New York: 2008, p. 855.
194:Studies on Contract Law, Seventh Edition.
774:SCO Group, Inc. v. DaimlerChrysler Corp.
283:Gottlieb v. Tropicana Hotel & Casino
704:Williams v. Walker-Thomas Furniture Co.
378:Ticketmaster Corp. v. Tickets.com, Inc.
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586:Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors, Inc.
420:Bowers v. Baystate Technologies, Inc.
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482:King v. Trustees of Boston Univ.
297:Ever-Tite Roofing Corp. v. Green
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895:United States contract case law
192:Ayres, I. & Speidel, R.E.
900:1834 in United States case law
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461:Wood v. Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon
427:Bragg v. Linden Research, Inc.
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252:United States contract law
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507:Substantial performance
434:Feldman v. Google, Inc.
118:Nathaniel Gookin Upham
910:1834 in New Hampshire
711:Buchwald v. Paramount
542:De Cicco v. Schweizer
267:Offer and acceptance
45:Decided July 1, 1834
840:Promissory estoppel
725:Cancelling Contract
767:Stoddard v. Martin
742:Sherwood v. Walker
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371:Specht v. Netscape
259:Contract formation
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