Prof. Law & Ethics
77393/06 Spring 2001
Class 15: March 12, 2003

Reading and questions for class 16, March 24:
Goebel v. Linn
When the ice company notified the brewer that it would not furnish any more ice under the contract, did the ice company have ice that it could have delivered to the brewer?
Why did the ice company refuse to deliver more ice to the brewer?
Did the brewer suffer any damages as a result of the ice company's refusal to supply ice under the terms of the contract?
What should the brewer have done to limit its damages?
At the time the ice company notified the brewer that it would not furnish any more ice under the contract, what choice did the brewer have that it did not exercise?

Alaska Packers' Assn.. v. Domenico
The Circuit Court of Appeals quoted with approval the finding of the trial court that the seamen were "not justified in refusing performance of their original contract." Under what circumstance would the seamen have been justified in refusing performance under the original contract?
How would the Supreme Court of Minneosata, which is quoted in this case, have decided Geobel v. Linn?
Is this the outcome of this case consistent with Goebel v. Linn?
Is there any argument you could make on behalf of the ice company in Goebel v. Linn that is consistent with this case?

Kistler v. O'Brien
What is a restrictive covenant?
Why did the court refuse to enforce the restrictive covenant that was in the written employoment contract between Kistler and O'Brien?
What could Kistler have done to make a restrictive covenant that the court would enforce?

Assignment for class 16, March 24:
Hand in a brief of Goebel v. Linn.