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Focus (Forum & Focus)

May 7, 2008

Get It in Writing?

Focus Column - By Daniel Lee Jacobson - The state Supreme Court's finding in a statute of frauds case overruled multiple long-standing cases.

FOCUS COLUMN

By Daniel Lee Jacobson
This article appears on Page 7

      "The statute of frauds does not require a written contract." Question: Who wrote that: (a) a confused and deranged law student; (b) a confused and deranged attorney; or (c) the California Supreme Court?
      At this point in a quiz like this, the answer is often written upside-down or at the bottom of the page, so as to prev...

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