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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Robert L. Lennon v. United States Theatre Corporation, 920 F.2d 996 (1990)

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Robert L. Lennon v. United States Theatre Corporation, 920 F.2d 996 (1990)
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Robert L. Lennon v. United States Theatre Corporation, 920 F.2d 996 (1990)
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1990-12-07

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This doctrine denies a landlord any counterpart of the ordinary right of a contracting party to treat his own obligations as ended once the other party commits a “total” breach. For instance, one who has contracted to make successive deliveries of potatoes may stop tendering them once the buyer has completely reneged. See 4 Corbin on Contracts § 946 at 809-13 (1951); 6 Corbin on Contracts § 1253 at 7-16 (1962); 11 Williston on Contracts § 1292 at 8-11 (3rd ed. 1968). The peculiarity of landlord-tenant law evidently arises from courts’ regarding the lease as completing