Monday, April 12, 2004

Who Got To Brief The First Case For The Class After Spring Break?

Yours truly. Bunny tried to help me out, whispering to me that I was wrong and even turning the page in my casebook for me. It didn't help me out much though because I like to listen intently to what the professor is saying out of fear that I would miss something important in a question of his. Nevertheless, the help was much appreciated. Arpineh, Bill, and Ryan said I did a good job. I thought I did an ok job. Brian and Annie said he stayed on me for quite awhile but we only had one case to read for the class so it wasn't surprising.

The case was about a personal service contract and whether a court should order specific performance as a remedy. One of the questions it turns on is whether or not the employee provides a unique service. At one point, trying to get at whether sports broadcasting by the defendant was a unique service - Prof. Contracts asked me why ABC couldn't just hire him to do the job. Now for those who know me, that's a loaded question. So as I babbled on in response, I kept thinking to myself, "Must restrain myself." I ended up saying in my babble that ABC wouldn't hire him because he has displayed in the past that he didn't know anything about sports - a good show of restraint on my part. Thankfully, Prof. Contracts can take a joke, even a bad one, and a polite audience gave me a few laughs.

After class, Brian observed that Prof. Contracts has a good memory. If I had remembered that incident, I would have come to class better prepared.

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