In November 2011, Rosemarie Roopchand made a $200,000 loan to Raheek Mohammed. The parties executed a promissory note stating that Mohammed would repay Roopchand the principal sum of $200,000 with interest at the rate of 100 percent for the term of the loan, i.e. 50 percent per year for two years. The note also included a provision where, if Mohammed was unable to make payments, his company, Medina Petroleum Corporation would make Roopchand whole. Roopchand invariably filed an action against Mohammed, his wife, and Medina Petroleum after Mohammed fail to complete payment on the promissory note. In response, the defendants filed a motion for summary judgment on the ground that the terms of the loan were usurious. The court dismissed the case in favor of the defendants and Roopchand appealed. In its ruling, the appeals court stated that “where a loan agreement is usurious on its face, usuryour intent will be implied and usury will be found as a matter of law.” What do you think of these criteria? How would you define the limits of “usurious on its face”? In this particular case, the maximum interest rate allowed by the state for a loan was 16 percent. If the interest rate in the promissory note was 17 percent would it be “usurious on its face”? What about at 18 percent? 20 percent? 25 percent? How would this case be different if the loan had been made directly to Medina Petroleum Corporation?