Facts: /20 Summarize the relevant facts (This section does not count toward the word count). Issue: /20 Identify the legal issue that must be answered. Rule: /40 Identify the case, code, legal principle that applies. Analysis: /100 Apply the rule to the facts. In other words, interpret the facts based on the legal question and rule that are at play. Conclusion: Decide how a court would likely rule. /20 Total /200 Option 3 (Contracts) On April 1, Ann Star, a young television personality, signs a contract with Bland Television Network to perform May 1 in a one-hour "live" TV show from 8 to 9 p.m. Bland agrees to pay Star $1,000 for this performance. The contract also provides that if for any reason Star does not appear as scheduled, she will forfeit the sum of $25,000 to Bland as liquidated damages. On April 10, Star informs Bland that she is suffering from acute fatigue and that her physician probably will not allow her to appear as scheduled. Bland immediately urges her in writing to fulfill her contractual obligations. On April 15, Star tells Bland that she has miraculously recovered and will appear as scheduled on the May 1 show. Page 3 of 4 On April 23, Bland informs Star that, due to her unpredictability, it has hired actress Prima Donna of that date and will not require Star's services. On April 28, Prima Donna breaks her leg in an accident. Bland immediately wires Star that it has reconsidered the whole matter and will hold her to the original contract to perform on May 1. On the evening of May 1, Star appears at the studio ready to perform, but Bland, acting under orders from the Federal Communications Commission, cancels the show in order to broadcast a special address by the President of the United States. Discuss the legal implications of the foregoing events. (200 Points) Facts: /20 Summarize the relevant facts (This section does not count toward the word count). Issue: /20 Identify the legal issue that must be answered. Rule: /40 Identify the case, code, legal principle that applies. Analysis: /100 Apply the rule to the facts. In other words, interpret the facts based on the legal question and rule that are at play. Conclusion: Decide how a court would likely rule. /20 Total /200 Option 3 (Contracts) On April 1, Ann Star, a young television personality, signs a contract with Bland Television Network to perform May 1 in a one-hour "live" TV show from 8 to 9 p.m. Bland agrees to pay Star $1,000 for this performance. The contract also provides that if for any reason Star does not appear as scheduled, she will forfeit the sum of $25,000 to Bland as liquidated damages. On April 10, Star informs Bland that she is suffering from acute fatigue and that her physician probably will not allow her to appear as scheduled. Bland immediately urges her in writing to fulfill her contractual obligations. On April 15, Star tells Bland that she has miraculously recovered and will appear as scheduled on the May 1 show. Page 3 of 4 On April 23, Bland informs Star that, due to her unpredictability, it has hired actress Prima Donna of that date and will not require Star's services. On April 28, Prima Donna breaks her leg in an accident. Bland immediately wires Star that it has reconsidered the whole matter and will hold her to the original contract to perform on May 1. On the evening of May 1, Star appears at the studio ready to perform, but Bland, acting under orders from the Federal Communications Commission, cancels the show in order to broadcast a special address by the President of the United States. Discuss the legal implications of the foregoing events. (200 Points)
