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· 6/4/1997

Commerce v. Equity

Citations

  • 695 So. 2d 383
  • 1997 WL 133828

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that contracts that have not been' “put into promissory words with sufficient clarity” may still be enforceable, but they “rest upon the assent of the parties” (internal quotation marks omitted)
  • citing.Tipper v. Great Lakes Chem. Co., 281 So.2d 10, 13 (Fla.1973); Variety Children’s Hosp. v. Vigliotti, 385 So.2d 1052, 1053 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980)
  • “[A]n unjust enrichment cannot exist ‘where payment has been made for the benefit conferred.’”
  • “To describe the cause of action encompassed by a contract implied in law, Florida courts have synonymously used a number of different terms—‘quasi contract,’ ‘unjust enrichment,’ ‘restitution,’ ‘constructive contract,’ and ‘quantum meruit.’”

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Judges: Gross

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