BUSINESS LAW I $$ ASSIGNMENT $3$

Answer to following questions fully. Due by $3/3/24$ by $6$ pm$.$

Ch $36$ Regulation of Employment

Michael Hauck claimed that he was discharged by his employer, Sabine Pilot Service, because he refused its direction to perform the illegal act of pumping the bilges of the employer$$s vessel into the waterways. Hauck was an employee at will, and Sabine contends that it therefore had the right to discharge him without having to show cause. Hauck brought a wrongful discharge action against Sabine. How would you decide the case?

Jeanne Eenkhoorn worked as a supervisor at a business office for New York Telephone Co$.$ While at work, she invented a process for terminating the telephone services of delinquent subscribers. The telephone company used the process but refused to compensate her for it$,$ claiming a shop right. Eenkhoorn then sued for damages on a quasi$-$contract theory. How would you decide this case?

Ch $38$ Types of Business Organizations

Goodward, a newly hired newspaper reporter for the Cape Cod News, learned that the local cranberry growers had made an agreement under which they pooled their cranberry crops each year and sold them at what they determined to be a fair price. Goodward believes that such an agreement is in restraint of trade and a violation of the antitrust laws. Is he right?

Ch $39$ Partnerships

$9.$ Ross, Marcos and Albert are partners. Ross and Marcus each contributed $$60,000$ to the partnership; Albert contributed $$30,000.$ At the end of the fiscal year distributable profits total $$150,000.$ Ross claims $$60,000$ as his share of the profits. Is he entitled to this sum?

Ch $40$ LPs$,$ LLCs and LLPs

What is the principal advantage of an LLP over an LLC$?$

Alan Waung, a Hong Kong businessperson, purchased a golf course in Saginaw, Michigan, as an investment. As an avid golfer, Alan anticipate spending several weeks during the year at his $$Northern Pines$$ course. He has been informed that the Subchapter S corporation would allow him and his family$-$member shareholders to be treated as partners for U$.$S$.$ tax purposes while retaining the limited liability of the corporate form. Advise Mr$.$ Waung on this matter. What form of business organization would you recommend.

Ch $41$ Corporation Formation

Compare and contrast consolidations, mergers and conglomerates.