Mirchel v. RMJ Securities Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that summary judgment was improper on an at-will employee’s breach of contract claim for failure to pay a bonus where the plaintiff resigned once he learned that his employer would not pay the bonus as promised
• reversing dismissal of quasi-contract claim where plaintiff claimed that bonus was not discretionary, but rather was part of non-forfeitable earned wages
• denying summary judgment for employer, even though contract stated that any bonus was left to sole discretion of company, where bonus was substantial in proportion to base salary
• “Employees in this State may enforce an agreement to pay an annual bonus made at the onset of the employment relationship where such bonus constitutes an integral part of plaintiff’s compensation package.” (citation and quotation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

30 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Sabre International Security, Ltd. v. Vulcan Capital Management, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2012-05-03· cited 41×
• Kaplan v. Capital Co. of America LLC
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2002-10-01· cited 31×
• Bader v. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2011-03-29· cited 29×
• Canet v. Gooch Ware Travelstead
  E.D. New York· 1996-02-21· cited 22×
• Naldi v. Grunberg
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2010-10-05· cited 19×
• Vetromile v. JPI PARTNERS, LLC
  S.D. New York· 2010-03-30· cited 16×
• Caruso v. Allnet Communication Services, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1997-09-23· cited 16×
• Ashmore v. CGI Group Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2015-09-23· cited 15×
• Guiry v. Goldman
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2006-05-18· cited 13×
• Derven v. PH Consulting, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2006-04-07· cited 12×
• R-H-D Construction Corp. v. Miller
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1995-12-07· cited 12×
• Ferrand v. Credit Lyonnais
  S.D. New York· 2003-11-19· cited 11×
• Truelove v. Northeast Capital & Advisory, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2000-01-06· cited 11×
• Thomson v. Saatchi & Saatchi Holdings (USA), Inc.
  W.D. New York· 1997-03-31· cited 10×
• Buhler v. Michael P. Maloney Consulting, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2002-11-12· cited 10×
• DOOLITTLE, NOAH v. NIXON PEABODY LLP
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2015-03-27· cited 9×
• Kolchins v. Evolution Mkts., Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2020-04-02· cited 9×
• Giannone v. Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2005-09-21· cited 6×
• Gruber v. J.W.E. Silk, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2008-06-12· cited 6×
• Guggenheimer v. Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP
  New York Supreme Court· 2006-02-24· cited 5×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Zuckerman v. City of New York
  New York Court of Appeals· 1980-04-01· cited 8,959×
• Weiner v. McGraw-Hill, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1982-11-18· cited 482×
• S. J. Capelin Associates, Inc. v. Globe Manufacturing Corp.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1974-06-13· cited 398×
• D & N Boening, Inc. v. Kirsch Beverages, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1984-11-20· cited 192×
• Farash v. Sykes Datatronics, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1983-07-12· cited 75×
• Giuntoli v. Garvin Guybutler Corp.
  S.D. New York· 1989-12-07· cited 50×
• Dauman Displays, Inc. v. Masturzo
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1990-12-04· cited 42×
• Weiner v. Diebold Group, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1991-05-02· cited 38×
• Shapira v. United Medical Service, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1965-02-11· cited 30×
• Tallini v. Business Air, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1989-03-09· cited 19×
• Harden v. Warner Amex Cable Communications Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1986-09-03· cited 14×
• Peters v. Morse
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1983-07-21· cited 10×
• Watson v. Prentice-Hall, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1975-12-12· cited 8×
• Marini v. D'Apolito
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1990-06-28· cited 8×
• Land-Site Contracting Corp. v. Marine Midland Bank, N.A.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1991-11-21· cited 5×
• Grossberg v. Double H. Licensing Corp.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1982-01-26· cited 4×