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    The document summarizes three primary forms of equitable relief in contract law: 1) Specific performance, which orders a party to perform a contract as agreed. An example is ordering the sale of a unique item like Elvis' Cadillac. 2) Injunction, which prevents a certain activity, like neighbors holding excessively loud parties. 3) Rescission, which voids a contract and returns parties to the pre-contract position as if it had never been made.

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    The document summarizes three primary forms of equitable relief in contract law: 1) Specific performance, which orders a party to perform a contract as agreed. An example is ordering the sale of a unique item like Elvis' Cadillac. 2) Injunction, which prevents a certain activity, like neighbors holding excessively loud parties. 3) Rescission, which voids a contract and returns parties to the pre-contract position as if it had never been made.

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    The document summarizes three primary forms of equitable relief in contract law: 1) Specific performance, which orders a party to perform a contract as agreed. An example is ordering the sale of a unique item like Elvis' Cadillac. 2) Injunction, which prevents a certain activity, like neighbors holding excessively loud parties. 3) Rescission, which voids a contract and returns parties to the pre-contract position as if it had never been made.

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    Three Primary forms of Equitable Relief

    1. Specific Performance. Specific performance is a remedy by which one party to a contract is


    ordered to perform according to the contract's terms.

    a. Example. An example of this would be where you contracted with the executor of
    Graceland to Purchase Elvis' Cadillac. IT'S A ONE OF A KIND ITEM

    2. Injunction. This is where a person wants to prevent the occurrence of a certain activity.

    a. Example. For example, your neighbors have excessively loud parties and you want to
    stop them.

    3. Rescission. Rescission is the remedy whereby the original contract is considered to be voidable
    and thus may be rescinded.

    a. In other words, rescission puts an end to the transaction and leaves the parties as though
    the contract had never been made.

    X. HOW TO FIND CASE LAW

    A. State Court Decisions. At a state level, the usually which are usually published are the appellate
    decisions. The appellate decisions are the decisions of the State's Court of Appeals and the State's
    Supreme Court.

    1. How Do You Find Such a Case. After the decisions are published, they can be found by what is
    commonly referred to as "citing." Each state has its own state reports.

    a. Additionally, the National Reporter System divide the states into regions and report
    cases by region. "NORTH CAROLINA IS IN THE SOUTHEAST REGION."

    (1) Griffin v. Griffin, 45 N.C. App. 531, 263 S.E.2d 39 (1980).

    (2) Jackson v. Gastonia, 247 N.C. 88, 100 S.E.2d 241 (1957).

    (A) Note, two cites are given for each of these cases. This is called
    "parallel citations."

    (B) Note, the "2d" indicates the case was reported in the second
    series.

    B. Federal Court Decisions.


    1. Federal Trial Court Opinions are reported under West's Federal Supplement (F.Supp.)

    2. Federal Court of Appeals decisions are reported in West's Federal Reporter (F. or F.2d)

    3. Supreme court decisions are reported in:


    a. The Supreme Court Reporter (S.Ct.)
    b. The United States Reports (U.S.)
    c. The Lawyers' Edition of the Supreme Court Reports (L.Ed.)

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