1. The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that an empty boast could not form the basis of an enforceable contract in Kolodziej v. Mason, Case No. 14-10644.
2. The Court ruled that the defense lawyer’s statement offering to pay a million dollars if someone could get from the airport to a hotel in 28 minutes could not be deemed as intended to create a binding contract.
3. An enterprising law school student who documented how he completed the challenge was refused the prize and litigation ensued.
4. The district court granted summary judgment to the defense counsel, and the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the ruling.
5. The Court cited legal authorities and concluded that no reasonable person could have understood the defense lawyer’s statement to be an enforceable contract. – The court found that the Appellants were not entitled to relief on their claim for ineffective assistance of counsel.
– The court found that the District Court did not err in denying the Appellants’ motion for judgement of acquittal.
– The court found that the District Court did not err in calculating the Appellants’ sentences.
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