Contract Formation 101

The unpublished case of Stanwood Boom Works LLC v. BP Exploration & Production Inc., in the context of affirming summary judgment for the defendant in a contract case, gives a thorough summary of “black letter” Texas law about contract formation, as well as the related situation of negotiations that are too tentative to create promissory estoppel.  No. 11-20511 (April 25, 2012).