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U.C.C. Survey: General Provisions, Bulk Transfers, And Documents Of Title, David Frisch
U.C.C. Survey: General Provisions, Bulk Transfers, And Documents Of Title, David Frisch
Law Faculty Publications
The 1986 Annual Survey described the "check it back to local law" approach to the Code's choice of law rules. Recent cases emphasize this. For example, in Madaus v. November Hill Farm, lnc., the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia applied the Virginia pre-Code conflict of laws rules to a dispute between a West German seller of a horse and a Virginia buyer. The court applied the Virginia rule that the law applicable to the validity of a contract is the law of the jurisdiction where the final act necessary to make the contract binding was done. …
Buyer Status Under The U.C.C: A Suggested Temporal Definition, David Frisch
Buyer Status Under The U.C.C: A Suggested Temporal Definition, David Frisch
Law Faculty Publications
This Article attempts two different but complementary tasks. First, it offers an answer to the "by no means academic question" asked above. In so doing, the Article considers Code rules that affect the buyer-seller relationship and those that impact on the interests of third parties. The conclusion reached is that buyer status occurs at the moment the purchaser obtains the remedial right to the goods vis-a-vis the seller. In most instances, therefore, buyer status will inevitably coincide with the moment the remedy of specific performance or, in some cases, replevin becomes available to the buyer. The Article's second purpose is …