Patterson v. Walker-Thomas Furniture Co.

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• explaining unconscionability is analyzed by considering “the circumstances existing when the contract was made”
• sufficient facts surrounding the “commercial setting, purpose, and effect” must be alleged and proved so that court may form a judgment as to existence of valid claim of un-conscionability
• allegation of excessive price, standing alone, insufficient to support defense of unconscionability
• “Sufficient facts surrounding the ‘commercial setting, purpose, and effect’ of a contract at the time it was made should be alleged so that the court may form a judgment as to the existence of a valid claim of unconscionability.”

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