Leitman v. Boone

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that attorney fees were improper as “a consequence of the non-existence of a contract,” notwithstanding the plaintiff’s invocation of the FDUTPA
• finding that attorney fees were improper as “a consequence of the non-existence of a contract,” notwithstanding the plaintiff’s invocation of the FDUTPA
• ”[B]y invoking an existing and valid statute which calls for an award of attorneys’ fees, one may subject himself to having attorneys’ fees asserted against him if he does not prevail.”
• “In judicial proceedings, a party simply is not estopped from asserting a later inconsistent position . . . unless the party’s initial position was successfully maintained.”
• “[B]y invoking an existing and valid statute which calls for an award of attorneys’ fees, one may subject himself to having attorneys’ fees asserted against him if he does not prevail.”
• acknowledging similar outcome on similarly hypothetical, nonexistent facts

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).