Delta Star, Inc. v. MICHAEL'S CARPET WORLD

OPINION BY Senior Justice ROSCOE B. STEPHENSON, JR.

In this case governed by the Uniform Commercial Code-Sales, Code §§ 8.2-101 et seq. (the UCC), we determine whether the trial court erred in failing to apply the UCC's Statute of Frauds, Code § 8.2-201, to declare unenforceable a purported oral contract for the sale of goods.

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Michael's Carpet World (Michael's) sued Delta Star, Inc. (Delta Star), seeking to recover the unpaid balance Michael's claimed was due on an alleged contract for the purchase and installation of flooring in offices of Delta Star. Delta Star responded that it had paid…