An interesting case about reformation…and tricking ourselves about our pasts

Reformation is one of those doctrines that I love to have class discussions over, really interrogating when (and whether) courts should employ it. A recent decision out of Delaware, In re 11 West Partners, LLC, C.A. No. 2017-0568-SG, has a nice reformation discussion in clear, straightforward language that I think could be useful in class. I especially like the Court’s remarks about “the conclusions of social scientists and psychologists that witnesses may come to believe in factual scenarios beneficial to them . . . .” It’s a gentle and sympathetic decision regarding “honorable” men whose recollections of the truth all differ. 

h/t to Eric Chiappinelli at Texas Tech for forwarding us this case!