Both the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments contain due process clauses.
Most types of contracts are valid without being written.
If a bank pays on a check even though it has a ‘stop payment order,” the bank is liable to
the customer only if the customer can prove a loss because of the payment.
An anticipatory repudiation may occur only by express communication to the other
party to the contract.
In an action for damages in a private nuisance suit, the plaintiff is required to prove that
the defendant’s conduct is unreasonable.
The Fifth Amendment protects individuals against unreasonable searches and seizures.
The federal courts have jurisdiction over all matters that have not been exclusively
given to the state courts.
Courts will not enforce either illegal agreements or agreements induced by criminal
conduct.