Minnesota Orchestra's music director Osmo Vänskä resigned in frustration over a contract dispute that forced management to cancel all of last season and, still unresolved, resulted in the cancellation of a high-profile tour to Carnegie Hall next month.
In fact, Valentine -- who is experiencing the frustration of not having a contract extension -- understands Henderson's position.
On the first claim, frustration of the contract, the New York law seems rather clearly against the plaintiff.
Performance of a contract can be excused by a number of circumstances, notably impossibility, impracticability, and frustration.
Think of it like a contract signing.
Consider other means of terminating a contract.
Slightly more promising is Ecomplaints, born out of the frustration of Jennifer Biscoe, a former Gartner Group consultant who fruitlessly battled AT&T for a year over a disputed cell phone contract fee.
And as for county employees, most of whom have been working without a contract, he said: "They are legitimately frustrated, and we share their frustration.
Mr. Richards said the controllers had been working without a contract since September 2006, a matter of frustration that, he said, has led many veteran controllers to retire.
The language was inappropriate but born of the frustration that all NHS dentists in England feel working under a contract that's decisively failed both patients and practitioners.
To be able to terminate a contract based on frustration of purpose, the purpose of the contract must be known by all parties involved.
