Though I don't believe we ever covered this case in my K class, here's what one K professor has to say about the best K case ever.
In any event, I thought I'd bring to the attention of our readers a truly great modern contracts case, Tongish v. Thomas, 51 Kan. 728 (1992). As I tried to explain to my students last week, this case has it all: a deep problem of what expectation damages mean; a great illustration of the efficient breach problem; fun facts (a non-party to the litigated contract, but a crucial actor in the way the case comes out, is "Bambino"); and an opportunity to explore a key question about the nature of the law of promises -- does it matter why we breach contracts?
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