This month Mr. Bennett sued for breach of contract, contending that he was owed royalties from his work on Wilco albums as well as money from the film.
Last week, Mr. Gandolfini filed suit in California Superior Court seeking to get out of his contract, contending that HBO, a division of AOL Time Warner, had failed to inform him in time of the renewal of the series and that he was not obligated to continue working beyond this year under a California statute that limits personal service contracts to seven years.
Orthodox theories of contract contend that doctrine provides legal raw materials that might establish a structural distinction between contract and tort, and that legal theory can give this distinction an elaboration that emphasizes contractual obligation's fundamentally and immediately chosen character.
Prospect Park sued ABC in April for breach of contract, contending that the television network had tried to sabotage Prospect Park's efforts by killing off some of the characters of "One Life to Live," who were on loan to ABC.
Claiming that Parliament never truly possessed sovereignty over the colonies and that the crown of right exercised it only under contract, the declaration contended that George III, with the support of a "pretended" legislature, had persistently violated the agreement between himself as governor and the Americans as the governed.
In March, the Army suspended Mr. Diveroli and the company from future federal contracts, contending that he sent a different shipment of Chinese cartridges to Afghanistan after certifying that they were made in Hungary.
But after Mr. Golby signed the contract, he contends, the Mailer estate failed to provide evidence to back up assurances that the work had been done legally and in accordance with zoning laws and building codes.
The casinos are offering a five-year contract and contend that they have no control over the use of nonunion workers in restaurants they do not own.
Last fall, as the project was about ready for state approval, the building owner filed a formal contract complaint, contending that the sponsor was jeopardizing the health and safety of tenants and violating the certificate of occupancy by renting out apartments as hotel rooms by the night.
The owner of a local dairy tries to fight a state decision to cancel his prison contract, which he contends would violate a pledge that the prisons would buy locally whenever possible.
