J.C. v. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Licensing

How courts have described this case

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• holding that equitable lien by agreement “arise[s] when an agreement identifies a specific fund, distinct from the obligor’s general assets, and identifies a particular portion of the fund that is owed to a counter party.”
• imposing constructive trust to enforce ERISA plan's equitable lien on settlement proceeds held by beneficiary's tort lawyer
• “Griffin’s attempt to divorce himself from the origin of the fund and its disposition is no more persuasive than if he had directed the money to a close relative.... [H]e could not give away that which he did not possess.”
• “Griffin’s attempt to divorce himself from the origin of the fund and its disposition is no more persuasive than if he had directed the money to a close relative. . . . [H]e could not give away that which he did not possess.”
• “Griffin’s attempt to divorce himself from the origin of the fund and its disposition is no more persuasive than if he had directed the money to a close relative. . . . [H]e could not give away that which he did not possess.”
• “Griffin’s attempt to divorce himself from the origin of the fund and its disposition is no more persuasive than if he had directed the money to a close relative. . . . [H]e could not give away that which he did not possess.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).