In his Thursday letter, Conyers invoked the contract clause of the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits states from "impairing the obligation of contracts".
The White Sox have invoked a contract clause that allows them to defer most of Thomas's $10 million salary.
Of course, to avoid this sort of circularity, the 'contract' invoked by contract theorists can't do its work by appealing to the fact that one has an obligation one to keep one's word in an agreement.
After the authors shared a copy of the manuscript with the company in July, Immune Response invoked a contract clause asking for legally binding arbitration.
Westar's former chief executive, David C. Wittig, and former executive vice president, Douglas T. Lake, have invoked their contracts to compel Westar to pay their legal costs in a 10-week federal fraud trial.
On Wednesday, Eni, the Italian oil company, said it was invoking emergency contract provisions that allow it to suspend export obligations at its Brass River terminal in the delta.
The Fire Department is restoring staff levels at 49 engine crews to five firefighters each, two months after invoking a contract provision that allowed it to reduce the number of firefighters at each company to four, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said yesterday.
It became apparent that Gruner & Jahr had reported newsstand sales beyond those the magazine actually had and that senior executives managed the financial details to keep Ms. O'Donnell from invoking a contract clause that would have allowed her to walk away from the joint venture if losses reached a certain level.
Campbell sued, invoking a contract O'Neill had signed agreeing not to join a competitor for 18 months after leaving Campbell.
Carte used the enforced closure of the theatre to invoke a contract clause reverting the rights of Pinafore and Sorcerer to Gilbert and Sullivan after the initial run of H.M.S. Pinafore.
