II. On Feb. 1, 2019, Paula orally accepted an offer for a job as a professor at Brooklyn College for the Fall 2019 - Spring 2020 academic semesters. Meeting that day with Donna the Dean for hiring, they orally agreed that the employment would begin on September 1, 2019 and would finish on May 31, 2020 at a salary of $90,000 for that period.

On June 1, 2019 Paula came to NYC to look for an apartment. On June 2, 2020 she met with Lana, the landlord of a building on West 69th Street and orally agreed to rent a one-bedroom apartment for $2,500 per month starting on August 1, 2019 and ending on July 1, 2020.

On July 1, 2019, Paula received a phone call from Donna informing her that Brooklyn College would not honor the oral agreement it had reached with her.

On July 15, 2019 Paula received a phone call from Lana informing her that Lana would not honor the lease agreement they had reached with her.

(a) Paula sues Brooklyn College for breach of contract and Brooklyn College pleads the Statute of Frauds as a defense. Judgment for whom? Fully explain.

(b) Would your answer to (a) be different if, on June 1, 2019 Paula had written and signed a thank you note to Donna that read, "Thanks for agreeing to hire me as a professor for the Fall 2019-Spring 2020 academic semesters for $90,000 per year?" Fully explain.

(c) Would your answer to part (a) be different if Paula and Donna both owned private businesses and were both merchants? Fully explain.

(d) Paula sues Lana for breach of contract because she still wants to rent the apartment and Lana pleads the Statute of Frauds as an affirmative defense. Judgment for whom? Fully explain.