不要再浪费时间看无聊的F4啦 快来看看人家美国的律师考试题目 这是今年 New York State Bar Exam Essay Question 六题中的其中一题 看看消遣顺便读读英文吧 In August 2000, Mindy entered into a written contract with Ben, a builder, to construct an addition to the family's residence. One of Mindy's reasons for building the addition was to provide a practice gym for her son, Mike, a 21 year old college student, who wanted to become a professional basketball player. Thus, the contract between Mindy and Ben provided, in part, that the gym would have a hardwood floor and a basketball hoop while the remainder of the addition would be carpeted. The contract price was $100,000, one-half of which was paid upon execution of the contract, with the balance to be paid upon completion of the job. In September 2000, while Mike was playing basketball at a local sports center, Alice, a well known sports agent, approached Mike and invited him to have dinner with her to discuss his career. At dinner, Alice told Mike that he could be a professional basketball player. Alice offered to be Mike's agent, and she handed him a proposed 20 page typewritten contract. When Mike asked Alice if he could review the contract with his mother, Alice said that this was Mike's "golden opportunity" and that if he didn't sign the contract then, it would be withdrawn. Mike signed the contract immediately. The next day, when Mike was reviewing the contract with his mother, they realized that it gave Alice the exclusive right to represent Mike for the next ten years, as well as 60% of all of Mike's gross income from employment in the field of basketball during that period. Shortly thereafter, Mike learned that the standard percentage for a basketball agent is 20% and that the usual term of such a contract is three years. Mike then promptly advised Alice that he would not comply with the terms of their contract. On December 18, 2000, Ben notified Mindy that the addition to her residence was completed. When Mindy inspected the work, she realized that Ben had installed carpeting in the gym, as well as all of the other rooms, and had failed to install a practice hoop. Ben said that his failure to install the hardwood floor and hoop in the gym was inadvertent, but the value of the addition was unchanged by the error. The cost to remove the carpet and install a hardwood floor and hoop has not yet been determined. On December 20, 2000, when Ben asked Mindy for the $50,000 balance of the contract price, she refused to pay. In January 2001, in response to New School District's advertisement for bids for the construction of a high school gym, Ben prepared a preliminary bid proposal in accordance with the plans and specifications of the School District. Before submitting the bid, Ben decided that he would be able to reduce his bid by $25,000. In transposing this reduction from his worksheet to the actual proposal however, $250,000 was inadvertently deducted instead of $25,000, and the bid submitted was therefore $225,000 lower than Ben had intended. When the bids were opened by the School District, Ben discovered his error. Ben promptly advised the District of his error and asked it to withdraw his bid. Ben provided his worksheet, which confirmed his error, but the District nonetheless awarded the contract to Ben based upon his submitted bid. Ben refused to perform the contract. 1. Can Alice enforce her contract with Mike? 2. What are the rights and liabilities of Ben and Mindy with respect to payment of the balance of the contract price? 3. Is Ben bound by the bid he submitted to the New School District? --

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