Dawson, pp. 244-290: Reliance on a Promise

Case: Kirksey v. Kirksey

Case: Ricketts v. Scothorn (excerpt)

Case: Prescott v. Jones (excerpt)

Case: Allegheny College v. National Chautauqua County Bank

Konefsky, How to Read, or at Least Not Misread, Cardozo in the Allegheny College Case

Case: Siegel v. Spear & Co. (excerpt)

Case: Carr v. Maine Central R.R. (excerpt)

Comment: Misfeasance and Nonfeasance

Case: East Providence Credit Union v. Geremia

Case: I. & I. Holding Corp. v. Gainsburg (excerpt)

Case: Salsbury v. Northwestern Bell Tel. Co. (excerpt)

Case: Seavey v. Drake

Comment: Reliance and the Statute of Frauds

Case: Goodman v. Dicker

Case: American Nat’l Bank v. A.G. Sommerville, Inc. (excerpt)

Case: D’Ulisse-Cupo v. Board of Directors of Notre Dame High School (excerpt)

Restatement of Contracts, Second § 90

Comment: Promissory Estoppel Damages

Reliance on Contract Adjustments

Case: Mahban v. MGM Grand Hotels, Inc. (excerpt)

Case: Levine v. Blumenthal

Comment: The Legal-Duty Rule

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