Chavin v. H. H. Rosin & Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• “It is, of course, axiomatic that Equity has no jurisdiction over a controversy for which there is a complete and adequate remedy at law.”
• “The object of specific performance is to enforce a plaintiff’s equitable rights, and to compel a defendant to specifically perform his equitable obligations.”
• “The right to compel the specific performance of a contract is a purely equitable remedy, and is given in substitution of the legal remedy of compensation when it is inadequate.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• CML V, LLC v. Bax
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2011-09-06· cited 75×
• El Paso Natural Gas Co. v. TransAmerican Natural Gas Corp.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1995-10-06· cited 41×
• Cheese Shop International, Inc. v. Steele
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1973-09-27· cited 26×
• W & G Seaford Associates, L.P. v. Eastern Shore Markets, Inc.
  D. Delaware· 1989-06-09· cited 19×
• Family Court of the State of Delaware v. Department of Labor & Industrial Relations
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1974-05-02· cited 17×
• City of Wilmington v. Lord
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1977-09-21· cited 10×
• Ross v. Hacienda Cooperative, Inc.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1996-11-27· cited 9×
• Marshall v. District of Columbia
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1982-12-16· cited 7×
• Gunn v. McKenna
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2015-05-14· cited 6×
• H. H. Rosin Co. v. Chavin
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1969-09-05· cited 5×
• Eastern Savings Bank, FSB v. CACH, LLC
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2015-08-19· cited 5×
• Marker v. United States
  D. Delaware· 1986-10-20· cited 2×
• Eastern Savings Bank, FSB v. Cach, LLC
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2015-09-28
• Chang v. CAC
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2016-12-09
• Bethany Marina Townhouses Phase II v. BMIG, LLC
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2017-10-10
• Watkins v. Cartwright
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2018-04-16
• TransDev on Demand, Inc. v. Blackstreet Investment Holdings, LLC
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2020-11-30
• Medlink Health Solutions, LLC v. JL Kaya, Inc.
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2023-02-09
• 26 Capital Acquisition Corp. v. Tiger Resort Asia LITD
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2023-09-07
• Reybold Venture Group v. Tesla Industries, Inc.
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2025-06-03

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• duPont v. duPont
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1951-12-26· cited 75×
• Matthes v. Wier
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1912-09-18· cited 23×
• Du Pont v. Du Pont
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1951-12-26· cited 15×
• Clough v. Cook
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1913-07-03· cited 7×
• Curran v. Smith-Zollinger Co.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1931-12-07· cited 5×