B & B Investment Group v. Gitler

How courts have described this case

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

• observing that well-settled common-law principles are not to be abolished by implication
• “The language of a statute should be read in light of previously established rules of the common law, including common-law adjudicatory principles.”
• “The statute contemplates recovery of attorney fees . . . expended in actions for slander of title, not simply to quiet title.”
• legislation must be interpreted in conformance with its express terms, even if in conflict with the common law
• “To establish slander of title at common law, a plaintiff must show falsity, malice, and special damages, i.e., that the defendant maliciously published false statements that disparaged a plaintiff’s right in property, causing special damages.”
• “To establish slander of title at common law, a plaintiff must show falsity, malice, and special damages, i.e., that the defendant maliciously published false statements that disparaged a plaintiffs right in property, causing special damages.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).