Sales and Leases - A Problem-based Approach, 2016a

(1) the sale of cookies by a girl scout?
(2) the sale of television programming?
(3) the sale of a yellow page ad?
(4) the sale of electricity by a utility company?
(5) the sale of a debt owed to you?
(6) the sale of a mobile home located on blocks on a dealer’s lot?
(7) the sale of a mobile home embedded in a cement foundation on land, which the buyer
subsequently intends to move?
(8) the sale by a farmer in December of wheat which he will plant next May?
(9) the sale of Confederate money?
(10) the sale of tickets to the Final Four basketball play-offs?
(11) the sale of the answer sheet to the Sales and Leases final exam?
(12) the sale of water by an owner of land on which an artesian well is located to a bottler
who will pump 100,000 gallons per month from the spring?
Research Assignment 2-1. Does the sale of blood by a law student to a blood bank fall within
the definition of “goods” for purposes of Article 2? Many jurisdictions have a statute on point
that you may wish to research. See, e.g., California Health and Safety Code § 1606, which
provides:
Blood, etc.; processing, distribution; service, not sale
The procurement, processing, distribution, or use of whole blood, plasma, blood products,
and blood derivatives for the purpose of injecting or transfusing the same, or any of them,
into the human body shall be construed to be, and is declared to be, for all purposes
whatsoever, the rendition of a service by each and every person, firm, or corporation
participating therein, and shall not be construed to be, and is declared not to be, a sale of
such whole blood, plasma, blood products, or blood derivatives, for any purpose or
purposes whatsoever.
What reasons do you believe the California legislature considered in enacting this “blood shield”
statute?
2.1.4. Section 2-102 specifies that Article 2 applies to “transactions in goods.”
Transaction is not defined, but is undoubtedly a broader concept than a “sale.” Clearly,
sales of goods are governed by Article 2, but what about gifts of goods? Leases of goods?
Barter transactions? See § 2-304.
2.1.4.1. Most operative provisions of Article 2 apply only to sales of goods. For
example, the definition of “contract” and “agreement” under § 2-106 are limited
to those relating to the present or future sale of goods. Thus, wherever the term
“contract” or “agreement” is used in Article 2, leases of goods are by definition
excluded. Similarly, most Article 2 provisions specifically refer to a contract for
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