Jeffrey K. v. Ballard

How courts have described this case

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• noting that “[a] trier of fact could conclude that the decision was arbitrary” in violation of the implied covenant of good faith and faith dealing
• stating that, in general, under New York law, “a party may not maintain a promissory estoppel claim where the promises on which the claim is based are expressly contradicted by a later written agreement covering the same subject matter”
• showing of bad faith requires “substantially more than evidence that the defendant’s actions were negligent or inept”
• showing of bad faith requires “substantially more than evidence that the defendant’s actions were negligent or inept”
• “The implied covenant does not undermine a party’s general right to act on its own interests in a way that may incidentally lessen the other party’s expected benefit.”
• “The implied covenant does not undermine a party’s general right to act on its own interests in a way that may incidentally lessen the other party’s expected benefit.” (citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).