Downey v. General Foods Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that plaintiffs hope that he may be able to prove that defendant’s witnesses lied is insufficient to defeat motion for summary judgment
• dismissing claims for misappropriation, breach of express contract, breach of implied contract, and unjust enrichment after finding lack of novelty
• dismissing claims for misappropriation, breach of express contract, breach of implied contract, and unjust enrichment after finding lack of novelty
• no novelty because defendant had “envisaged” and “utilized” plaintiff’s idea for “years before the plaintiff submitted it”
• no novelty because defendant had \envisaged\ and \utilized\ plaintiff's idea for \years before the plaintiff submitted it\
• “Lack of novelty in an idea is fatal to any cause of action for its unlawful use.”

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Cited by

49 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Schroeder v. Pinterest Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2015-10-06· cited 327×
• Robert v. Baer v. David Chase Chase Films Inc., a Delaware Corporation John Does A-Z
  Third Circuit· 2004-12-21· cited 219×
• Hwesu S. Murray v. National Broadcasting Company, Inc. And Brandon Tartikoff, Defendants
  Second Circuit· 1988-04-18· cited 152×
• Craig P. Nadel, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Play-By-Play Toys & Novelties, Inc., Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee
  Second Circuit· 2000-03-27· cited 136×
• Norton J. Lehman v. Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1986-01-30· cited 126×
• Hudson Hotels Corporation v. Choice Hotels International, and Robert Hazard
  Second Circuit· 1993-06-11· cited 70×
• Ferber v. Sterndent Corp.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1980-10-07· cited 58×
• Manning v. Brown
  New York Court of Appeals· 1997-11-20· cited 57×
• Songbird Jet Ltd., Inc. v. Amax Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1984-02-21· cited 55×
• Vantage Point, Inc. v. Parker Bros., Inc.
  E.D. New York· 1981-12-31· cited 43×
• Reeves v. Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1996-11-22· cited 37×
• McGhan v. Ebersol
  S.D. New York· 1985-04-12· cited 37×
• Zuccarini v. Ziff-Davis Media, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2003-06-16· cited 36×
• Associated Mgmt. Servs., Inc. v. Ruff
  Montana Supreme Court· 2018-07-24· cited 35×
• M.H. Segan Ltd. Partnership v. Hasbro, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1996-05-02· cited 28×
• AEB & Associates Design Group, Inc. v. Tonka Corp.
  S.D. New York· 1994-05-25· cited 28×
• Decorative Aides Corp. v. Staple Sewing Aides Corp.
  S.D. New York· 1980-06-30· cited 27×
• Garrido v. Burger King Corp.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-02-27· cited 27×
• Paul v. Haley
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1992-10-19· cited 17×
• Jane Ring v. Estee Lauder, Incorporated
  Second Circuit· 1989-05-04· cited 13×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Lueddecke v. Chevrolet Motor Co.
  Eighth Circuit· 1934-03-16· cited 32×
• Soule v. Bon Ami Co.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1922-06-29· cited 32×
• J. Irizarry Y Puente v. President and Fellows of Harvard College
  First Circuit· 1957-10-28· cited 17×
• Puente v. President and Fellows of Harvard College
  D. Massachusetts· 1957-02-26· cited 3×
• Anthony Santilli v. Philip Morris & Co., Ltd., Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1960-10-05· cited 2×

Other cases named Downey v. General Foods Corp.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Downey v. General Foods Corp.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1971-07-23· cited 6×