When one or both parties to an illegal bargain are ignorant of the facts that made the bargain illegal, the court is most likely to:
A) never allow either party to recover damages for breach of the agreement.
B) allow recovery for performance rendered before the parties learned of the illegality.
C) declare the bargain unconscionable.
D) regard the contract a serious threat to public welfare and declare it void.

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The courts have sometimes allowed recovery if one or both of the parties to an illegal bargain are ignorant of the facts that made the bargain illegal. Recovery is allowed only for performance rendered before the parties learned of the illegality and only if the illegality does not involve immoral behavior or present a serious threat to the public welfare.

When One or Both Parties to an Illegal Bargain Are