What Was the Result in the Case in the Text

question 51

Multiple Choice

What was the result in the case in the text Alaska Pacific Trading Co. v. Eagon Forest Products Inc. in which the defendant rejected a shipment of logs?

• A) That by not shipping the logs in a timely manner according to the contract, the seller failed to satisfy the perfect tender rule thereby releasing the defendant buyer from its duty to accept the logs.
• B) That the seller satisfied the perfect tender rule although the logs were late and that the defendant buyer breached the contract by refusing to accept the logs.
• C) That the seller was entitled to rely on the common law doctrine of material breach but that the seller did not substantially perform thereby releasing the buyer from contractual duties.
• D) That the seller was entitled to rely on the common law doctrine of material breach, that the seller substantially performed, and that the buyer was in breach.
• E) That the seller was entitled to rely on the perfect tender rule and that the buyer materially breached the contract by refusing to accept the logs.

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