Carruthers v. Flaum

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that there was no breach of a fiduciary duty where the parties performed as required under the escrow agreement
• to satisfy the Statute of Frauds the writing must \state all of the essential terms of a complete agreement\ (quoting Wacks v. King , 260 A.D.2d 985 , 689 N.Y.S.2d 298 (1999) )
• “[T]he [equitable] doctrine [of partial performance] holds that an otherwise unenforceable contract for the sale of land may be enforced in equity if plaintiff has relied on defendant's promise and performed some or all of the oral agreement.”
• “[T]he [equitable] doctrine [of partial performance] holds that an otherwise unenforceable contract for the sale of land may be enforced in equity if plaintiff has relied on defendant’s promise and performed some or all of the oral agreement.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Star Mark Management, Inc. v. Koon Chun Hing Kee Soy & Sauce Factory, Ltd.
  Second Circuit· 2012-06-13· cited 166×
• In Re Pratt
  Fifth Circuit· 2008-04-23· cited 76×
• GEM Advisors, Inc. v. Corporación Sidenor, S.A.
  S.D. New York· 2009-10-27· cited 50×
• Hadami, S.A. v. Xerox Corp.
  S.D. New York· 2017-07-19· cited 34×
• Foros Advisors LLC v. Digital Globe, Inc.
  S.D. Illinois· 2018-09-21· cited 24×
• Ray Legal Consulting Group v. Dijoseph
  S.D. New York· 2014-08-08· cited 21×
• Cadle Co. v. Pratt
  Fifth Circuit· 2008-04-08· cited 6×
• Alarmex Holdings, LLC v. Gowan
  S.D. New York· 2014-08-06· cited 5×

Cites

37 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• United States v. Diebold, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1962-05-14· cited 7,008×
• John C. Donahue v. Windsor Locks Board of Fire Commissioners, John R. Colli, Jr., Russell C. Gabrielson, and John R. Colli, III
  Second Circuit· 1987-11-25· cited 734×
• California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians
  Supreme Court· 1987-02-25· cited 645×
• Joseph Martin, Jr., Delicatessen, Inc. v. Schumacher
  New York Court of Appeals· 1981-01-20· cited 410×
• Bridgestone/firestone, Inc. v. Recovery Credit Services, Inc., Revenue Recovery, Inc. And George Beladino
  Second Circuit· 1996-10-17· cited 408×
• Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce, Inc. v. Pataki
  New York Court of Appeals· 2003-06-12· cited 360×
• Stephen Michael Ridder v. City of Springfield, Clark County
  Sixth Circuit· 1997-03-14· cited 342×
• Sabo v. Delman
  New York Court of Appeals· 1957-07-03· cited 256×
• Teachers Insurance & Annuity Ass'n of America v. Tribune Co.
  S.D. New York· 1987-06-26· cited 253×
• Deerfield Communications Corp. v. Chesebrough-Ponds, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1986-11-13· cited 231×
• Arcadian Phosphates, Inc., Judas Azuelos, and Eli Sivan v. Arcadian Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1989-09-01· cited 225×
• Perpetual Securities, Inc. v. Julie Tang and Hua Yu Chen
  Second Circuit· 2002-05-09· cited 166×
• Anostario v. Vicinanzo
  New York Court of Appeals· 1983-04-28· cited 163×
• Adjustrite Systems, Inc., Stuart J. Orr, and Lu Elliott v. Gab Business Services, Inc. And Intermodal Technical Systems, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1998-05-29· cited 155×
• In Re Pennie & Edmonds LLP
  Second Circuit· 2003-03-14· cited 134×
• Messner Vetere Berger McNamee Schmetterer Euro RSCG Inc. v. Aegis Group Plc
  New York Court of Appeals· 1999-03-25· cited 115×
• Jeffrey M. Brown and Jeffrey M. Brown Associates, Inc. v. Charles Cara and Tracto Equipment, Corp., Docket No. 04-5968-Cv
  Second Circuit· 2005-07-28· cited 107×
• Mark A. Nisenbaum, Cross-Appellee v. Milwaukee County
  Seventh Circuit· 2003-06-25· cited 88×
• Stuart Silver Associates, Inc. v. Baco Development Corp.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1997-12-11· cited 83×