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In a survey of cases in federal, state and bankruptcy courts,
commercial tenants seeking to delay or excuse the payment of rent
because of pandemic-related downturns in business sometimes looked
to the equitable doctrines of frustration of purpose and
impossibility for relief. Both of these doctrines allow for the
argument that a default is excusable under circumstances that were
unforeseeable to the parties at the time of the contract s
formation. While commercial tenants sometimes use these doctrines
in tandem, they are distinguishable in their underlying aims. The
In a survey of cases in federal, state and bankruptcy courts, commercial tenants seeking to delay or excuse the payment of rent because of pandemic-related downturns in business.