Leonard v. Pepsico, Inc.
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Leonard v. Pepsico, Inc., 88 F. Supp. 2d 116,, aff'd 210 F.3d 88, more widely known as the Pepsi Points case, is an American contract law case regarding offer and acceptance. The case was brought in t
An AV-8 Harrier II jump jet, alleged to be owed to the plaintiff.
Puffery
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Puffery is undue or exaggerated praise. Puffery serves to "puff up" what is being described. In law, puffery is usually invoked as a defense argument: it identifies general praising speech, typically
Leonard v. Pepsico, Inc.
…reasonable person could have believed that the company seriously intended to convey a jet worth roughly $37.4 million for $700,000, i.e., that it was mere puffery. The value of the alleged contract meant that it fell under the provisions of the Statute of Frauds, but the statute's requirement for a written agreement…
1881 Italian ad for Cannabis indica cigarillos, promising to "stop the most violent attacks of asthma, nervous cough, colds, extinction of voice, facial neuralgia and insomnia, and to combat all laryngeal and respiratory ailments."