Meyer v. Cathey

How courts have described this case

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• holding that there was insufficient evidence of a fiduciary relationship despite Cathey's assertions that he trusted Meyer in a business matter and had a close personal friendship with him
• explaining that there must be a “special relationship of trust and confidence” to create a fiduciary relationship in an ordinary business transaction
• concluding that because Cathey was aware of the alleged fraud, but continued to work with Meyer despite being under no obligation to do so, Cathey ratified any fraud arising from misrepresentations made in the earlier agreement
• concluding that because Cathey was aware of the alleged fraud, but continued to work with Meyer despite being under no obligation to do so, Cathey ratified any fraud arising from misrepresentations made in the earlier agreement
• stating that mere “subjective trust,” without more, does not transform an ordinary business relationship into a fiduciary relationship
• explaining that there must be a “special relationship of trust and confidence” to create a fiduciary relationship in an ordinary business transaction

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).