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Weekly Top Ten

 
TOP 10 Papers for Journal of Contracts & Commercial Law 
September 25, 2009 to November 24, 2009

Rank	Downloads	Paper Title
1	188	The Effect of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 on Consumer Credit  David S. Evans, David S. Evans, Joshua D. Wright,  University of Chicago Law School, University College London, George Mason University - School of Law, Faculty,
2	184	Gods at War: Shotgun Takeovers, Government by Deal and the Private Equity Implosion  Steven M. Davidoff,  University of Connecticut School of Law,
3	165	The 2005 Rules of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration - Revisited  Simon Greenberg, Luke R. Nottage, Romesh Weeramantry,  International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), University of Sydney - Faculty of Law, City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK),
4	110	Interpretation and Implied Terms in Contract Law  George M. Cohen,  University of Virginia School of Law,
5	109	Conflict of Laws and Choice of Law  Erin A. O'Hara, Larry E. Ribstein,  Vanderbilt University School of Law, University of Illinois College of Law,
6	100	A Critique of Evans and Wright’s Study of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act  Adam J. Levitin,  Georgetown University - Law Center,
7	97	Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Home Mortgage Foreclosure Crisis  Christopher Lewis Peterson,  University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law,
8	96	Langdell and the Invention of Legal Doctrine  Catharine P. Wells,  Boston College - Law School,
9	87	Federated Identity Management: Balancing Privacy Rights, Liability Risks, and the Duty to Authenticate  Thomas J. Smedinghoff,  Wildman Harrold,
10	85	The Role of International Law Firms and Multijural Human Capital in the Harmonization of Legal Regimes  Gillian Hadfield,  USC Law School and Department of Economics

[Jeremy Telman]

Sale of Silverdome Enjoined

In 1975, for a mere $55.7 million, the National Football League’s Detroit Lions got a new home, the Silverdome, in Pontiac, Michigan (pictured).  In 2002, the team moved back to Detroit, and according to Time.com’s Detroit Blog, it now costs the city of Pontiac $1.5 million/year to maintain the stadium, which no longer generates significant revenues.   So, the city put the stadium up for sale, and according to the Detroit Free Press website, the high bidder was an unnamed Toronto company, with a bid of $583,000. 

Last week, H. Wallace Parker, owner of Silver Stallion Development filed a breach of contract suit and sought an injunction of the sale.  According to the Wall Street Journal blog, a judge granted the injunction on Wednesday.  Silver Stallion alleges that it was negotiating the terms of a contract to purchase the Silverdome and that the city breached its contractual obligations.  In addition, Silver Stallion alleges racial bias in the city’s decision to put the stadium up for auction rather than permit its development by a minority-owned company.

[Jeremy Telman]