Table Of ContentRemedies
BY JOHN A. BAUMAN
U.C.L.A.
KENNETH H. YORK
Pepperdine University
JOHN H. BAUMAN
South Texas College of Law
Eleventh Edition
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Summary of Contents
REMEDIES TEXT CORRELATION CHART
REMEDIES CAPSULE SUMMARY
APPROACH TO EXAMS
I. INTRODUCTION
Chapter Approach
A. Introduction
B. Types of Remedies
CHART: Legal vs. Equitable Remedies—In General
II. DAMAGES
Chapter Approach
A. Tort vs. Contract Damages
B. Limitations on Damages
CHART: Determining Future Damages—“All or Nothing” Approach vs.
Alternative Approach
C. Other Damages Issues
CHART: Tort Damages vs. Contract Damages
III. EQUITABLE REMEDIES
Chapter Approach
A. Nature of Equitable Remedies
CHART: Legal vs. Equitable Remedies—Distinctive Characteristics
B. Requirements for Equitable Remedies
CHART: Conditions to Granting Equitable Relief—A Summary
C. Enforcement and Effect of Equitable Decrees
CHART: Civil vs. Criminal Contempt
D. Ancillary Equitable Remedies
IV. RESTITUTION
Chapter Approach
A. Nature of Restitution
CHART: Restitution—An Approach
B. Legal and Equitable Remedies
CHART: Constructive Trust vs. Equitable Lien
V. INJURIES TO TANGIBLE PROPERTY INTERESTS
Chapter Approach
A. Misappropriation of Money
B. Injuries to Personal Property
CHART: Destruction of Chattel—Basic Damages
CHART: Methods of Determining Value of Destroyed Chattel—A Comparison
CHART: Summary of Restitutionary Remedies for Tortiously Taken and
Retained Chattels
CHART: Summary of Substitutionary Remedies for Tortiously Taken and
Retained Chattels
C. Injuries to Real Property
CHART: Comparison of Remedies for Waste
CHART: Summary of Remedies Available for Ouster
CHART: Approach to Injunctions for Remedying Encroachments
CHART: Summary of Remedies Available for Acts of Simple Trespass
VI. INJURIES TO BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL INTERESTS
Chapter Approach
A. Remedies for Business Torts—In General
B. Remedies for Inducing Breach of Contract
CHART: Summary of Remedies for Inducing Breach of Contract
C. Remedies for Interference with Plaintiff’s Mere “Expectancy”
D. Remedies for Diversion of Benefits
E. Remedies for Patent Infringement
CHART: Checklist of Plaintiff’s Remedies for Patent Violation
F. Remedies for Copyright Infringement
CHART: Summary of Remedies for Copyright Infringement
G. Remedies for Destruction or Misappropriation of Trade Secrets
CHART: Summary of Remedies for Misappropriation of Trade Secrets
H. Remedies for Misappropriation of Creative Works and Ideas
I. Remedies for Trademark and Trade Name Infringement
CHART: Summary of Theories for Recovering for Trademark or Trade Name
Infringement
J. Remedies for Unfair Competition
K. Performers’ Remedies for Misappropriation of Right of Publicity
L. Remedies for Product Disparagement—Trade Defamation
VII. INJURIES TO PERSONAL DIGNITY AND RELATED INTERESTS
Chapter Approach
A. Defamation
CHART: Checklist of Categories of Slander Per Se
CHART: Fault and Damages Rules in Constitutional Defamation Actions
B. Privacy
C. Familial Relations
D. Associational Relations
E. Academic Status
F. Religious Status
G. Civil and Political Rights
VIII. PERSONAL INJURY AND DEATH
Chapter Approach
A. Personal Injuries
CHART: Summary of Bases for Damages in Personal Injury Cases
B. Survival of Personal Injury Actions
C. Wrongful Death Actions
CHART: Survival Actions vs. “Loss to Survivors” Wrongful Death Actions—
A Comparison
CHART: Recovery Under “Loss to Survivors” Type of Wrongful Death
Actions
D. Injuries to Others
IX. FRAUD
Chapter Approach
A. Election of Remedies
B. Affirmance of the Contract—Damages Remedy
CHART: Checklist of Substantive Elements to Affirm Contract and Recover
Damages
CHART: Out-of-Pocket vs. Benefit-of-Bargain—A Comparison Based on
Selman v. Shirley
C. Rescission of the Contract
CHART: Checklist of Substantive Elements to Rescind Contract
D. Statutory Remedies—Consumer Protection
X. DURESS, UNDUE INFLUENCE, AND UNCONSCIONABLE CONDUCT
Chapter Approach
A. Duress
CHART: Summary of Types of Duress
B. Undue Influence
C. Unconscionability
XI. MISTAKE
Chapter Approach
A. General Considerations
B. Mistake in Bargaining Transactions
CHART: Remedies in Typical Overperformance Cases
CHART: Mistake in Contract for Sale of Goods—An Approach
C. Defenses
D. Mistake in Integration—Reformation as Remedy
E. Mistake in Gratuitous Transactions
CHART: Remedying Mistakes in Gifts—An Approach
XII. REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT
Chapter Approach
A. Special Conditions Applicable to Specific Performance
B. Land Sale Contracts
CHART: Equitable Conversion in Land Sale Contracts—A Summary
CHART: Checklist of Buyer’s Remedies for Seller’s Breach of Executory Land
CHART: Checklist of Seller’s Remedies for Breach of Executory Land Sale
Contract
CHART: Checklist of Grantor’s Remedies When Buyer Breaches After
Conveyance of Title
C. Contracts for the Sale of Chattels
CHART: Checklist of Buyer’s Remedies for Nondelivery of Goods
CHART: Checklist of Buyer’s Post-Acceptance Remedies for Seller’s Breaches
CHART: Checklist of Seller’s Remedies Where Buyer Wrongfully Refuses
Goods
CHART: Checklist of Seller’s Remedies After Delivery and Acceptance
D. Construction Contracts
E. Service Contracts
CHART: Comparison of Remedies for Breach of Employment Contract
XIII. REMEDIES IN CONNECTION WITH UNENFORCEABLE CONTRACTS
Chapter Approach
A. Contracts Unenforceable Because Not in Writing
B. Contracts Unenforceable Because of Impossibility or Frustration of Purpose
CHART: General Approach to Remedies After Impossibility or Frustration
Arises
C. Contracts Unenforceable Because of Lack of Capacity to Contract
D. Agreements Unenforceable Because of Illegality
REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
INDEX
