Promises, Promises on Hoffman v. Red Owl Stores

Long ago, I represented that I would recommend David Hoffman and Tess Wilkinson Ryan‘s podcast, Promises, Promises to my students.   Somehow, I didn’t notice that they have an episode on Hoffman v. Red Own Stores, which I am teaching this week.  But payback is fair play, and so my students recommended the episode to me, touting the episode as “the best one yet” and then, on further consideration, “well, one of my favorite episodes so far.”  High praise!

Among the features of this episode:

• Ways in which promissory estoppel doctrine changed between the first and second Restatements;
• Insights into the equitable arguments in favor of giving Hoffman relief
• Insights into the legal arguments for why Hoffman’s reliance might not seem reasonable
• Pronunciation tips: Wautoma
• Vocabulary builders: naïf; equipoise!
• Avenues not explored: umlauts and diereses!