General Stencils, Inc. v. Chiappa

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that a plaintiff who alleged that the defendant bookkeeper stole petty cash and concealed the theft with forged entries could litigate the issue of equitable estoppel at trial
• finding that alleging the “careful[ ] concealment of a] crime” was sufficient to permit the plaintiff to “litigate the issue of equitable estoppel,” where the plaintiff was an employer of the alleged wrongdoer who concealed her fraud during the limitations period
• finding equitable estoppel may apply to affirmative wrongdoing that is “carefully concealed”
• finding equitable estoppel may apply to affirmative wrongdoing that is “carefully concealed”
• ‘‘[t]he principle that a wrongdoer should not be able to take refuge behind the shield of his own wrong is a truism’’
• provisions do \not affect the power of the court to find that by reason of conduct of the party .to be charged it is inequitable to permit him to interpose defense of statute of limitations.\

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Cited by

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

• Ross v. Louise Wise Services, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 2007-05-03· cited 275×
• Zumpano v. Quinn
  New York Court of Appeals· 2006-02-21· cited 231×
• Keating v. Carey
  Second Circuit· 1983-04-18· cited 170×
• State v. Seventh Regiment Fund, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 2002-06-04· cited 118×
• Putter v. North Shore University Hospital
  New York Court of Appeals· 2006-11-16· cited 101×
• Zola v. Gordon
  S.D. New York· 1988-05-04· cited 85×
• Doe v. Holy See
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2005-04-14· cited 85×
• Lenz v. Associated Inns & Restaurants Co. of America
  S.D. New York· 1993-09-24· cited 79×
• St. John's University, New York v. Bolton
  E.D. New York· 2010-12-10· cited 75×
• Holdridge v. Heyer-Schulte Corp. of Santa Barbara
  N.D. New York· 1977-11-07· cited 74×
• Roldan v. Allstate Insurance
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1989-07-03· cited 73×
• Silverman v. K.E.R.U. Realty Corp. (In Re Allou Distributors, Inc.)
  E.D. New York· 2007-11-02· cited 71×
• Twersky v. Yeshiva University
  S.D. New York· 2014-01-29· cited 64×
• Von Bulow by Auersperg v. Von Bulow
  S.D. New York· 1986-07-01· cited 60×
• Eagle Comtronics, Inc. v. Pico Products, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1998-12-31· cited 56×
• Powers Mercantile Corp. v. Feinberg
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1985-06-11· cited 54×
• Gleason v. Spota
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1993-06-28· cited 54×
• Eisenberg v. Feiner (In Re Ahead by a Length, Inc.)
  S.D. New York· 1989-05-26· cited 53×
• Renz v. Beeman
  Second Circuit· 1978-11-16· cited 52×
• Jordan v. Ford Motor Co.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1980-03-28· cited 48×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Glus v. Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal
  Supreme Court· 1959-04-20· cited 563×
• Dodds v. McColgan
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1930-05-02· cited 20×
• Clarke v. Gilmore
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1912-03-08· cited 15×
• Feinberg v. Allen
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1911-03-08· cited 12×
• Safrin v. Friedman
  New York Supreme Court· 1950-03-14· cited 8×