Ambuul v. Swanson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• reasoning that a joint venture does not require a co-venturer’s participation in “the day-to-day management of the enterprise”
• holding a joint venture existed when the parties entered into an agreement to buy and sell a building
• a joint venture “relationship is governed by the legal principles applicable to partnerships”
• “The relationship between joint venturers, like that existing between partners, is fiduciary in character and imposes upon the participants an obligation of loyalty and good faith in their dealings with each other with respect to the enterprise.”
• written agreement did not modify the terms of the oral agreement

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).