The court said the government must not repudiate its contracts.
Russia wants assurances from the United States that it would not repudiate existing contracts if there is a change of leadership in Iraq, but no promise has been made publicly.
Eric Seiler, a lawyer for Mr. Cramer, said last night that "through its prior actions, Fox News has repudiated the contract with Cramer and he is available to appear on other programming".
Responding to Mr. Diller's claim that spinning off the four companies was in the best interest of stockholders, the judge noted, "In a nutshell, the question is whether by doing that he has repudiated his contract.
Mr. Kaufman testified that it was Mr. Malone who wanted a divorce, but if the trial ends as scheduled after Mr. Diller's testimony on Thursday, Vice Chancellor Stephen P. Lamb will be the one to decide what he has said is the crucial issue: whether Mr. Diller's spinoff was just a proposal offered for consideration, or if it was a plan that "repudiated" his contract agreements with Liberty.
Mr Bain has raised a £1.3m claim for damages against Rangers, alleging that the club repudiated his contract of employment.
Foreign countries would not take kindly to any attempt by Washington to repudiate non-American contracts.
Mr. Assange later repudiated his book contract and, according to newspaper reports, refused to return a $650,000 advance; sales of the book have been sluggish.
At the end of the day, he is not repudiating a fiscal contract, and is unlikely to push outsize spending increases that would invite financial markets to attack France the way they have recently in Spain.
Once in power, the new government "repudiated" Enron's contract.
The crucial new power that Mr. Geithner wants would allow him to appoint a trustee who can renegotiate or repudiate an institution's contracts without the approval of creditors or other stakeholders.
