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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXIX
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 672
UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE: SALES
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F.S. 672.302
672.302 Unconscionable contract or clause.
(1) If the court as a matter of law finds the contract or any clause of the contract to have been unconscionable at the time it was made the court may refuse to enforce the contract, or it may enforce the remainder of the contract without the unconscionable clause, or it may so limit the application of any unconscionable clause as to avoid any unconscionable result.
(2) When it is claimed or appears to the court that the contract or any clause thereof may be unconscionable the parties shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to present evidence as to its commercial setting, purpose and effect to aid the court in making the determination.
History.s. 1, ch. 65-254.
Note.s. 2-302, U.C.C.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 672.302
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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

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IN RE TOUSA, INC., 503 B.R. 499 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2014)

. . . . § 672.302 requires the existence of two conditions precedent, neither of which has been shown to exist . . .

McCABE, v. DAIMLER AG USA, LLC,, 948 F. Supp. 2d 1347 (N.D. Ga. 2013)

. . . . § 672.302; 810 III Comp. Stat. § ’ 5/2-302; Va.Code Ann. § 8.2-302. . . .

In COLONY BEACH TENNIS CLUB ASSOCIATION, INC. v. W. W. L. L., 423 B.R. 690 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2010)

. . . . § 672.302(1) (2008). . . .

PRESIDENTIAL LEASING, INC. v. KROUT,, 896 So. 2d 938 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

. . . Arbitration Code, section 682.03, ... to have the court decide certain gateway issues and under section 672.302 . . .

HOLT v. O BRIEN IMPORTS OF FORT MYERS, INC. d b a, 862 So. 2d 87 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

. . . Arbitration Code, section 682.03, to have the court decide certain gateway issues and under section 672.302 . . .

DANA COMMERCIAL CREDIT CORPORATION v ESQUIRE INTERNATIONAL, INC., 34 Fla. Supp. 2d 14 (Fla. Cir. Ct. 1989)

. . . The judge, within his discretion and in conformity to the Uniform Commercial Code Sec. 672.302(2), refused . . .

L. SELLERS H. v. FRANK GRIFFIN AMC JEEP, INC., 526 So. 2d 147 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

. . . meaning of section 672.102 subject to the prohibition against unconscionable clauses found in section 672.302 . . . The trial court distinguished Capital Associates because section 672.302 is not limited by its terms . . . transactions in goods” within the definition in section 672,101 for the purpose of applying section 672.302 . . . Hudgens, 455 So.2d 651, section 672.302, prohibiting unconscionable clauses, is not expressly limited . . .

ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES OF FLORIDA SELF INSURERS FUND, v. H F SOD COMPANY, INC., 28 Fla. Supp. 2d 21 (Polk Cty. Ct. 1988)

. . . Section 672.302 allows a court to restrict any clause of a contract to avoid an unconscionable result . . . See 672.302, Fla. Stat., and Official Comment 1, citing Campbell Soup Co. v. . . .

MEETING MAKERS, INC. v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., 513 So. 2d 700 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

. . . .-316(2), 672.302, Florida Statutes (1985). . . .

FOOD ASSOCIATES, INC. v. CAPITAL ASSOCIATES, INC. a, 491 So. 2d 345 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . In that case we specifically found section 672.302(2), Florida Statutes (1983), to apply to leases. . . . Section 672.302 provides: (1) If the court as a matter of law finds the contract or any clause of the . . .

GARRETT a k a v. C. JANIEWSKI,, 480 So. 2d 1324 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

. . . U.C.C. section 2-302 is codified in Florida as section 672.302. . . .

FOTOMAT CORPORATION OF FLORIDA, v. J. CHANDA,, 464 So. 2d 626 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

. . . See section 672.302, Florida Statutes (1981). . . .

BILLERA v. CUSTOM LAMINATING WINDOW PRODUCTS, INC., 11 Fla. Supp. 2d 120 (Palm Beach Cty. Ct. 1985)

. . . writing did not amount to a “final expression” of the parties’ agreement within the meaning of Section 672.302 . . .

CAPITAL ASSOCIATES, INC. a v. Jo B. HUDGENS, a k a Jo d b a, 455 So. 2d 651 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

. . . opportunity to present evidence as to [the lease’s] commercial setting, purpose and effect .... ” § 672.302 . . . Section 672.302, Florida Statutes (1983), provides: (1) If the court as a matter of law finds the contract . . . This would permit invocation of section 672.302 to avoid oppression and unfair surprise. . . . See Uniform Commercial Code Comment, § 672.302, Fla. Stat.Ann. (1978); Fairfield Lease Corp. v. . . . Since section 672.302(2), Florida Statutes (1983), mandates that whenever unconscionability appears to . . .

CREDIT ALLIANCE CORPORATION, a v. WESTLAND MACHINE COMPANY, INC. a, 439 So. 2d 332 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . Relying on section 672.302, Florida Statutes (1981), Westland argues that such a contractual provision . . . There is no evidence of overreaching or unconscionability within the meaning of section 672.302. . . .

F. STEINHARDT v. RUDOLPH RUDOLPH v. F. STEINHARDT, 422 So. 2d 884 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

. . . Restatement (Second) of Contracts § 208 (1979); see also § 672.302, Fla.Stat. (1981). . . .

C. VARNER, v. B. L. LANIER FRUIT CO. INC., 370 So. 2d 61 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1979)

. . . The section on unconscionable contracts or clauses is Section 672.302(1), Florida Statutes (1975), which . . .

R. BENNETT, M. v. BEHRING CORPORATION, Al A. D. M. A. H. J. C. J. K. E. P. R., 466 F. Supp. 689 (S.D. Fla. 1979)

. . . By way of a footnote following the above quote, reference was made by the Court to Florida Statute 672.302 . . .

BUCKLEY TOWERS CONDOMINIUM, v. HERBERT BUCHWALD,, 48 Fla. Supp. 14 (Dade Cty. Cir. Ct. 1978)

. . . By way of a footnote following the above dictum, reference was made by the court to §672.302, Fla. . . . Stat., a provision of the Uniform Commercial Code, which in part provides — 672.302 Unconscionable contract . . . Case, supra, indicates that the provisions of §672.302, Fla. . . . It appears that the provisions of §672.302 are applicable by analogy to condominium recreation leases . . .

B. FLEEMAN v. CASE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS REGULATION v. A. JOHNSON PLAZA DEL PRADO CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC. v. DEL PRADO CORPORATION,, 342 So. 2d 815 (Fla. 1976)

. . . See, for example, § 672.302, Fla.Stat.: “Unconscionable contract or clause.— “(1) If the court as a matter . . .

MOBILE AMERICA CORPORATION, a v. HOWARD, 307 So. 2d 507 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1975)

. . . Although not cited by the trial judge in his order, § 672.302, F.S.1971, adopting provision 2-302 of . . .