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Jackson v. Jones

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171 F. App'x 547
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitFebruary 24, 2006No. 04-15850California327 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Brent Jackson (“Jackson”) appeals the grant of Bob Jones’s (“Jones”) motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6) of Civil Procedure.

Jackson alleges he heard Jones make the following statement during a radio broadcast: “I’ll give anybody a million dollars if they can find where it says Cain is the son of Adam in the scriptures because it is not there.” He also alleges that, approximately two-and-a-half months later, *548 he sent Jones Biblical passages that met Jones’s challenge.

Assuming, without deciding, that the offer was initially valid, its validity dissipated “at the end of a reasonable time.” Morrison v. Rayen Invs., Inc., 97 Nev. 58, 60 , 624 P.2d 11 (Nev.1981) (power to create a contract by accepting an offer terminates at a reasonable time if no time is specified). It is unreasonable to assume that an offer of this type would be considered open for over two months.

Jackson’s claim that transfer of venue was erroneous because Title 28 of the United States Code was not validly enacted into law is without merit. See Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 869 (1948) (enacting Title 28 into law); Ryan v. Bilby, 764 F.2d 1325, 1328 (a failure to enact a title…

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