College and professional football games are often shown on TV.  Inventors invented a system whereby a yellow line is digitally drawn across the football field at the distance that a team has to go to obtain a first down.  The “yellow line” invention got Federal Patent protection because it was deemed to be

Homer, a crop duster, contracts with Flanders to crop dust Flanders’s farmland.  However, when Homer is in the air, he accidentally crop dusts Bart’s farmland because Bart’s farmland is right next to Flanders’s farmland.  And from the air, the two properties are hard to distinguish.  Bart notices what Homer is doing, and realizes that his crops also need dusting.  So Bart figures that he’ll remain silent and take Homer’s services for free.  After Homer has landed his plane, he realizes his error, so he then gets back into his plane and crop dusts Flanders’s farmland.  Flanders pays Homer, but Homer wants to recover from Bart, as well.  Can Homer do this?

Mary, the owner of the Chic Dress Shop, says to Peter, a painter, “If you paint my shop by July 1, I will pay you $3,000.00.”  This offer creates a _____________ contract.  The offer can be accepted only by the painter’s performance of the requested act.

A consumer lifts a power lawnmower on its side to cut a hedge, and is injured when the lawnmower falls and cuts him.  The manufacturer or seller of the lawnmower is NOT liable for the injuries because of:

One student actor wins the part in a play over another student actor.  To get back at the winning student, the rejected student files a lawsuit against the winning student alleging Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress, Defamation, and Negligence.  The lawsuit is unfounded, but the winning student still has to defend the lawsuit.  The jury returns a verdict exonerating the (Defendant) winning student.  The winning student now can sue the original Plaintiff (the losing student) for what?

What is/are the paperwork that is filed with the court to initiate and respond to a lawsuit?

The state of Michigan’s legislature enacts a 100% tax on any automobile imported from a foreign country, which is sold in Michigan, but the legislature does not impose the same tax on any domestic automobiles sold in Michigan.  This tax:

Fei says to Harold, “I will sell you my house for $700,000.”  Harold says, “I think $700,000 is too high; I will pay you $600,000.” What are the legal ramifications of these negotiations?

Saturday Night Live is a comedy TV show, which often parodies and satires famous musicians and their music.  This is an example of:

On May 1, Mrs. Colby promises to give her son $10,000 on June 1.  When June 2 arrives, Mrs. Colby refuses to pay the $10,000.  The son CANNOT recover the $10,000 because: