Bigbyte Is a Manufacturer of Personal Computers

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Essay

Bigbyte is a manufacturer of personal computers.Bigbyte has agreed with Max Harddrives to purchase from Max "all the hard-disk drives we need if we determine that your hard drives will meet our needs in our manufacturing of computers." Bigbyte does testing of the Max drives and other drives of competitors.Bigbyte determines that the drives made by another manufacturer perform somewhat better.Bigbyte then sends a letter to Max stating that "unfortunately we have determined that your drives do not meet our needs and we have decided to purchase elsewhere." Max Harddrives wants to force Bigbyte to stop purchasing disk drives from other manufacturers.Discuss the legal issues.

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Definitions:

Median-Voter Model

A theoretical model in political science suggesting that the outcome of a majority vote is most likely to reflect the preference of the median voter.

Political Logrolling

A method where lawmakers reciprocate support by backing each other's suggested measures or legislative agendas.

Paired-Choice Voting

A voting system where voters choose between pairs of candidates or options in a series of rounds, each round narrowing down the choices until a winner is decided.

Majority Voting

A voting system where the decision or choice that receives more than half of the votes wins.