E.J. Brooks Co. v. Cambridge Sec. Seals

How courts have described this case

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

• “[R]ecovery of the benefit obtained by the defendant is the definition of an action for unjust enrichment.”
• compensatory damages “cannot be remote, contingent or speculative,” but the standard “is not one of ‘mathematical certainty’ but only ‘reasonable certainty’” (quoting Steitz v. Gifford, 280 N.Y. 15, 20 (1939))
• “[T]he amount of damages recoverable in an action for misappropriation of trade secrets may be measured either by the plaintiff's losses . . . or by the profits unjustly received by the defendant”
• “A plaintiff claiming misappropriation of a trade secret must prove: (1

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  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2022-06-09· cited 3×
• Ng v. Asquared Group, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2023-09-13· cited 2×
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  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2026-04-29· cited 2×
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  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2024-02-27· cited 1×
• Fleischer v. Zhang
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Cites

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

• Clark-Fitzpatrick, Inc. v. Long Island Rail Road
  New York Court of Appeals· 1987-11-17· cited 1,648×
• Ruckelshaus v. Monsanto Co.
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-26· cited 1,423×
• Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation Enterprises
  Supreme Court· 1985-05-20· cited 1,191×
• Mandarin Trading Ltd. v. Wildenstein
  New York Court of Appeals· 2011-02-10· cited 973×
• Corsello v. Verizon New York, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 2012-03-29· cited 580×
• Kewanee Oil Co. v. Bicron Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1974-05-13· cited 566×
• Woods v. Lancet
  New York Court of Appeals· 1951-12-06· cited 477×
• Bradkin v. Leverton
  New York Court of Appeals· 1970-03-05· cited 409×
• Funk v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1933-12-11· cited 406×
• IDT Corp. v. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co.
  New York Court of Appeals· 2009-03-26· cited 370×
• Ashland Management Inc. v. Janien
  New York Court of Appeals· 1993-11-22· cited 338×
• Georgia Malone & Co. v. Rieder
  New York Court of Appeals· 2012-06-28· cited 324×
• Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co. v. Wolf Brothers & Co.
  Supreme Court· 1916-02-21· cited 288×
• Ross v. Louise Wise Services, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 2007-05-03· cited 275×
• Paramount Film Distributing Corp. v. State
  New York Court of Appeals· 1972-06-08· cited 237×
• North Atlantic Instruments, Inc., Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee v. Fred Haber and Apex Signal Corp., Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellants
  Second Circuit· 1999-08-09· cited 200×
• Duane Jones Co. v. Burke
  New York Court of Appeals· 1954-01-07· cited 198×
• Sharapata v. Town of Islip
  New York Court of Appeals· 1982-06-17· cited 190×
• In re the Estate of Rothko
  New York Court of Appeals· 1977-11-22· cited 183×
• McDougald v. Garber
  New York Court of Appeals· 1989-02-21· cited 183×

Other cases named E.J. Brooks Co. v. Cambridge Sec. Seals

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• E.J. Brooks Co. v. Cambridge Sec. Seals
  Second Circuit· 2017-06-05