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Burger King Corp. V. Rudzewicz (1985)

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The 6 parts of a contract are: Offer-An offer can be oral or written as long as it is not required to be written by law. It begins the contract. It is simply what is being offered to another for the return of that person's promise to act. It can’t be unclear and must be spelled out in terms that are specific and certain, such as the identity and nature of the object which is being offered and under what conditions and or terms it is offered. For example if you go to buy something from ATT there offer is giving you a phone and services for a certain price if you stay with them for at least 2 years or you pay early termination fees. Acceptance- As a general proposition of law, the acceptance of the offer made by one party by the other party …show more content…

v. Rudzewicz, 471 U.S. 462, 105 S. Ct. 2174, 85 L. Ed. 2d 528 (1985). The contract dispute was Burger King Corp from Florida allowed Rudzewicz from Michigan to become a franchise store owners in the state of Michigan and Rudzewicz did not meet sales goals under the contract agreement. Burger King ended up suing for diversity of citizenship for not paying and Rudzewicz argued that the Florida federal courts lacked jurisdiction because defendants lived in Michigan the court said because the defendants had contacts in Florida that they held jurisdiction because it didn’t cause undue harm violating due process. Defendants ended up appealing saying the courts lacked jurisdiction again and the courts sided with the defendants then Burger King appealed and ended up winning. My opinion of the case is for them to go back and forth like they did someone did more to irritate the other there was too much animosity it seems like between the two groups but I don’t blame Burger King Corp for pushing it because the defendants agreed and broke the contract then tried to use something they willing signed against them. In the Business I would like to start I think the only issues I would have would be gaining licenses depending on if I go for owning a bar or doing landscaping I’m not sure if I would need contracts for anything all I can think of is

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