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DEAL

 OR  NO  DEAL  PER  UCC  2-­‐207  


MaDhew  Leaper  ©  2010  

PRE-­‐CONTRACT  NEGOTIATIONS  (NO  CONTRACT)  

Oral  expression   Wri2en  confirma5on  


of  acceptance?   of  acceptance?  
   N                Y   Y                N  

Was  it  definite     Enter  Proviso:   Was  it  made  in    


NO  CONTRACT  

NO  CONTRACT  
and  seasonable?   Was  acceptance  made   a  reasonable  5me?  
N                Y   expressly  condi5onal  on         Y                N  
add’l  terms?  
N                Y  

Did  par5es  assent  to  


add’l  terms?  
Conduct  to  establish    
 Y                N   a  contract  per  UCC  2-­‐204?  
Y                N  

CONTRACT  HAS  BEEN  FORMED  

Between  
Merchants?  
N                Y  

Add’l  terms  are  “out”,  unless   Add’l  terms  are  “in”,  unless  they  are   Add’l  terms  are  “in”   Add’l  terms  are  those  in  which  the  
they  are  explicitly    “in”  as  in   knocked  “out”  per  UCC  2-­‐207(2):   wri5ngs  of  both  par5es  agree,  
Klocek  v.  Gateway,   1.  Expressly  limited  by  the  offer   together  with  any  supplemental  
104  F.Supp.2d  1332  (Kan.  2000)   terms  per  UCC  2-­‐207(3)  
2.  Materially  alter  the  offer  
3.  No5fica5on  of  objec5on  has  been  
given  within  a  reasonable  5me  

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