Williams v. Walker-Thomas Furniture Company

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:law
gptkbp:appealsTo	gptkb:District_of_Columbia_Court_of_General_Sessions
gptkbp:citation	350 F.2d 445 many U.S. contract law textbooks
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date	1965
gptkbp:decidedBy	gptkb:United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_District_of_Columbia_Circuit
gptkbp:defendant	gptkb:Walker-Thomas_Furniture_Company
gptkbp:fullName	Williams v. Walker-Thomas Furniture Co.
gptkbp:heldBy	A contract may be unenforceable if it is unconscionable at the time it was made.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Williams v. Walker-Thomas Furniture Company
gptkbp:influenced	development of unconscionability doctrine in U.S. law
gptkbp:judge	gptkb:J._Skelly_Wright gptkb:United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_District_of_Columbia_Circuit
gptkbp:legalSubject	contract law unconscionability
gptkbp:notableFor	articulation of the unconscionability doctrine in U.S. contract law
gptkbp:numberOfIssues	unconscionability in contracts
gptkbp:plaintiff	Ora Lee Williams
gptkbp:plotSummary	The case involved a furniture company that sold goods to customers under a contract that allowed repossession of all items if any payment was missed.
gptkbp:relevantStatute	Uniform Commercial Code § 2-302
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Williams_v_Walker-Thomas_Furniture_Co.
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8