Country Cove Development, Inc. v. May

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that a plaintiff must prove \consequent and proximate injury\ to sustain a fraud claim
• addressing constructive fraud claims and breach of fiduciary duty claims separately, which suggests they are in fact distinct causes of action
• affirming use of parol evidence rule to bar “evidence of a collateral partnership agreement” that would have been needed to establish breach-of-fiduciary-duty claims
• “An exception to the general rule exists where a false prediction or opinion is given with the intent to mislead.”
• “The issue was not raised before the reply brief and will not be considered”
• “[A]pportionment of income derived from transactions involving intangible property as business income may be supported by a finding that the issuer of the intangible property and the taxpayer are engaged in the same trade or business, i.e., the same unitary business[.]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).