Leefe v. Walker

How courts have described this case

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

• dismissing a declaratory judgment claim because determination of plaintiffs’ contract claims would provide the relief sought
• dismissing as duplicative implied-covenant claim where “[t]he gravamen” of the two claims “is the exact same” and where the damages sought were identical
• declining to extend tort remedy to institutional investors because “they can turn to the marketplace and invest their money elsewhere.”
• dismissing claim for declaratory relief where direct claim “will necessarily settle the issues for which the declaratory judgment is sought” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)
• declining to extend tort claim to institutional investors because “[p]laintiffs are not even the original insureds, but rather sophisticated entities that indisputably purchased the policies for investment purposes.”
• dismissing implied-covenant claim where “the damages [p]laintiffs s[ought] as a result of [defendant]’s alleged [breach of the implied covenant] [were] identical to the damages they s[ought] for the alleged breach of contract”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).