Hughes v. Ester C Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding plaintiffs’ “conclusory allegations and ‘anecdotal’ testimony” were insufficient to create a genuine issue of material fact as to deception
• finding that “[u]njust enrichment claims should be dismissed where the violative conduct alleged is conterminous with a conventional tort or contract claim, regardless of whether the tort or contract claim is dismissed.”
• granting summary judgment to defendants where, inter alia, “[p]laintiffs offer nothing more than their own conclusory allegations and ‘anecdotal’ testimony to show what implied claims Ester-C purportedly conveyed.”
• “To satisfy the reasonable consumer standard [under the UCL and FAL], a plaintiff must adduce extrinsic evidence . . . to show how reasonable consumers interpret the challenged claims.”
• “To satisfy the reasonable consumer standard [under the FAL and UCL], a plaintiff must adduce extrinsic evidence—ordinarily in the form of a survey—to show how reasonable consumers interpret the challenged claims.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cites

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

• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• First Nat. Bank of Ariz. v. Cities Service Co.
  Supreme Court· 1968-05-20· cited 5,431×
• Kearns v. Ford Motor Co.
  Ninth Circuit· 2009-06-08· cited 1,018×
• Kwikset Corp. v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 2011-01-27· cited 891×
• Williams v. Gerber Products Co.
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-12-22· cited 582×
• Corsello v. Verizon New York, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 2012-03-29· cited 580×
• Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. v. Salvino, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2008-09-12· cited 529×
• Ebner v. Fresh, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2016-03-17· cited 458×
• Clemens v. DaimlerChrysler Corp.
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-07-24· cited 382×
• Caldarola v. Calabrese
  Second Circuit· 2002-07-31· cited 311×
• Zalaski v. City of Bridgeport Police Department
  Second Circuit· 2010-07-27· cited 293×
• Spinelli v. City of New York
  Second Circuit· 2009-08-07· cited 291×
• Josef Fischl v. David Armitage, Corrections Sergeant, and S.A. Marshall, Corrections Officer, in Their Individual Capacities
  Second Circuit· 1997-10-09· cited 268×
• Official Committee Of The Unsecured Creditors Of Color Tile, Inc. v. Coopers & Lybrand, Llp
  Second Circuit· 2003-02-20· cited 243×
• Kasky v. Nike, Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 2003-01-10· cited 218×
• Lavie v. Procter & Gamble Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 2003-01-17· cited 215×
• Colgan v. Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 2006-01-10· cited 181×
• Goldemberg v. Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2014-03-27· cited 181×
• McClellan v. Smith
  Second Circuit· 2006-02-24· cited 165×