PA Bar Contracts

Question 1

Under Pennsylvania contract law, which element is NOT required for an enforceable contract?

Accepted Answer

A written document

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Offer

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Acceptance

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Consideration

Question 2

Pennsylvania's Statute of Frauds requires a writing for contracts involving the sale of goods for $500 or more under:

Accepted Answer

The Pennsylvania Commercial Code § 2201

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The Restatement (Second) of Contracts

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Pennsylvania's adoption of UCC Article 2

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Common law parol evidence rule

Question 3

Under Pennsylvania law, which doctrine prevents enforcement of a contract term that is oppressively one-sided and was imposed on a weaker party without meaningful choice?

Accepted Answer

Unconscionability

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Promissory estoppel

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Mutual mistake

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Anticipatory repudiation

Question 4

Under Pennsylvania law, promissory estoppel requires the plaintiff to prove that the defendant made a promise that:

Accepted Answer

The promisor should reasonably have expected to induce reliance, which did in fact cause detrimental reliance

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Was supported by consideration and reduced to writing

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Was made in a commercial context between merchants

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Was acknowledged by two disinterested witnesses

Question 5

When a contract is ambiguous, Pennsylvania courts apply the parol evidence rule to:

Accepted Answer

Allow extrinsic evidence only to explain or clarify ambiguous terms, not to contradict the written agreement

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Bar all extrinsic evidence regardless of the contract's clarity

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Admit prior oral agreements that vary the written contract's terms

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Require expert testimony about trade usage

Question 6

Under Pennsylvania law, which remedy places the non-breaching party in the position they would have been in had the contract been performed?

Accepted Answer

Expectation damages

Answer

Restitution

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Reliance damages

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Nominal damages