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Courts look at each case at a given point in time and are not concerned with former
cases and rulings when making current decisions.
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act forbids discrimination by employers
against persons over 30 years of age.
An instrument is order paper when by its terms it is payable to the order of any person
described in it, or to a person or order.
The Sunshine Act requires most meetings of major administrative agencies to be open
to the public.
The two principal legal theories under which a plaintiff may prove a case of unlawful
employment discrimination are disparate treatment and disparate impact.
Anne Robertson obtained telescopes from the See-Well Optics Company at dealer
prices on the pretense of being a dealer in optical equipment. See-Well later determined
that Robertson was not, had never been, and did not plan to be a dealer in optics. By the
time these facts emerged, Robertson had succeeded in selling the telescopes to several
individuals located throughout the country. These buyers had responded to
advertisements placed by Robertson, who again had represented herself as a dealer in
optical equipment. The buyers had purchased the telescopes in good faith at prices
consistent with comparable equipment. See-Well located these buyers and demanded
that the telescopes be returned as property obtained through fraud. Do the buyers of
these telescopes have to return their purchases?
A partner has the authority to do those acts that are customary for a member of a
partnership conducting the particular business of that partnership.
If an agent's act causes loss to the third person, that third person may generally hold the
agent liable for the loss.
The contact rule does not require that the accountant meet or communicate with the
third party to establish a relationship equivalent to privity.
