Fact Pattern 8-2 Brad Defends Against a Breach-Of-Contract Suit by College Credit Corporation

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Multiple Choice

Fact Pattern 8-2
Brad defends against a breach-of-contract suit by College Credit Corporation by claiming that their deal-a student loan accruing interest at a certain rate and payable beginning on a certain date-was unfair because the considera?tion for their contract was inadequate.
-Refer to Fact Pattern 8-2.A court is most likely to evaluate the adequacy of consid?era?tion if

• A)a thing exchanged has no intangible value to one of the parties.
• B)something exchanged is not of direct economic or financial value.
• C)the items exchanged were of unequal value.
• D)there is a gross disparity in the value of the consideration exchanged.

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Definitions:

Integrins

Receptor proteins that bind to specific proteins in the extracellular matrix and to membrane proteins on adjacent cells; transmit signals into the cell from the extracellular matrix.

Middle Lamella

The middle lamella is the layer of pectin-rich material between the cell walls of adjacent plant cells, acting as a cementing agent to hold them together.

Fibronectins

Glycoproteins of the extracellular matrix that bind to integrins (receptor proteins in the plasma membrane).

9 + 2 Arrangement

A common structure observed in eukaryotic flagella and cilia, consisting of nine double microtubule pairs surrounding two central microtubules.