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  2. Landmark Cases in the Law of Contract - Wikipedia

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    Landmark Cases in the Law of Contract (2008) is a book by Charles Mitchell and Paul Mitchell, which outlines the key cases in English contract law. Content.

  3. List of landmark court decisions in the United States

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    Fletcher v. Peck, 10 U.S. 87 (1810) A state legislature can repeal a corruptly made law, but the Contract Clause of the Constitution prohibits the voiding of valid contracts made under such a law. This was the first case in which the Supreme Court struck down a state law as unconstitutional. Martin v.

  4. Lists of landmark court decisions - Wikipedia

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    Landmark court decisions, in present-day common law legal systems, establish precedents that determine a significant new legal principle or concept, or otherwise substantially affect the interpretation of existing law. "Leading case" is commonly used in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth jurisdictions instead of "landmark case", as used ...

  5. Carter v Boehm - Wikipedia

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    Carter v Boehm (1766) 3 Burr 1905 is a landmark English contract law case, in which Lord Mansfield established the duty of utmost good faith or uberrimae fidei in insurance contracts. Facts [ edit ]

  6. Category:United States contract case law - Wikipedia

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    This category includes cases regarding United States contract law. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. C.

  7. Hochster v De La Tour - Wikipedia

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    Hochster v De La Tour [1853] EWHC J72 (QB) is a landmark English contract law case on anticipatory breach of contract. It held that if a contract is repudiated before the date of performance, damages may be claimed immediately.

  8. Taylor v Caldwell - Wikipedia

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    Mr Justice Blackburn began his judgement by finding that the agreement between the parties was a contract, despite their use of the term "lease".Under the common law of property in England at the time, under a lease the lessee would obtain legal possession of the premises during the lease period, while the "lease" at issue in this case specified that legal possession would remain with the ...

  9. Beswick v Beswick - Wikipedia

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    Beswick v Beswick [1967] UKHL 2, [1968] AC 58 was a landmark English contract law case on privity of contract and specific performance.The House of Lords, overruling the decision of Lord Denning in the Court of Appeal, ruled that a person who was not party to a contract had no independent standing to sue to enforce it, even if the contract was clearly intended for their benefit.