Equitable Lumber Corp. v. IPA Land Development Corp.

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• “The doctrine of unconscionability seeks to prevent sophisticated parties with grossly unequal bargaining power from taking advantage of less sophisticated parties.”
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• “[T]he parties are commercial entities dealing at arm’s length . . . [and] cannot assume the posture of a commercially illiterate consumer beguiled into a grossly unfair bargain by a deceptive vendor or finance company.”

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• Murray v. Holiday Rambler, Inc.
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• Wolff & Munier, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant
  Second Circuit· 1991-10-15· cited 94×
• Corning v. Village of Laurel Hollow
  New York Court of Appeals· 1979-11-21· cited 60×
• Westinghouse Electric Corp. v. New York City Transit Authority
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• Emlee Equipment Leasing Corp. v. Waterbury Transmission, Inc.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1993-06-01· cited 50×
• CARCO GROUP, Inc. v. Maconachy
  Second Circuit· 2013-05-21· cited 44×
• Leasing Service Corporation v. Virgil B. Justice and David F. Childers
  Second Circuit· 1982-03-10· cited 39×
• BIB Construction Co. v. Fireman's Insurance
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1995-04-27· cited 38×
• Federal Deposit Insurance v. Forte
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1983-06-06· cited 35×
• Vernitron Corp. v. CF 48 Associates
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1984-08-13· cited 31×
• Mead v. First Trust & Deposit Co.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1977-12-09· cited 29×
• Construction Assoc. v. Fargo Water Equip. Co.
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1989-08-28· cited 28×
• Lummus Global Amazonas, S.A. v. Aguaytia Energy Del Peru, S.R. Ltda.
  S.D. Texas· 2002-06-14· cited 26×
• Valdes v. Swift Transportation Co.
  S.D. New York· 2003-11-25· cited 23×
• Harradine v. Board of Supervisors
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1980-02-20· cited 23×
• Brauer v. Central Trust Co.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1980-11-13· cited 23×

Other cases named Equitable Lumber Corp. v. IPA Land Development Corp.

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• Equitable Lumber Corp. v. IPA Land Development Corp.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1974-07-29