National Conversion Corp. v. Cedar Building Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding scienter established where defendant “recklessly made false representations either as to [his] knowledge of- the facts or the facts themselves”
• lawyer's failure to investigate misrepresentation of mixed question of fact and law no bar to client's recovery under fraud claim
• lawyer’s failure to investigate misrepresentation of mixed question of fact and law no bar to client’s recovery under fraud claim
• rescission appropriate when tenant induced to enter lease for use of premises for garbage conversion based upon false representation that premises were in unrestricted zone
• “[A] pure opinion of law ... may not, except in unusual circumstances, base an action in tort....”
• “All parts of an agreement are to be reconciled, if possible, in order to avoid inconsistency.”

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Cited by

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

• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,956 David Broad v. Rockwell International Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-04-17· cited 255×
• Donald L. Terwilliger, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Donald L. Terwilliger, III and John Terwilliger, Defendants-Appellants-Cross
  Second Circuit· 2000-03-14· cited 234×
• Mallis v. Bankers Trust Co.
  Second Circuit· 1980-01-25· cited 183×
• Nomura Home Equity Loan, Inc. v. Nomura Credit & Capital, Inc.
  Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors· 2017-12-12· cited 131×
• DDJ Management, LLC v. Rhone Group LLC
  New York Court of Appeals· 2010-06-24· cited 106×
• Matter of WT Grant Co.
  S.D. New York· 1980-02-20· cited 86×
• Cao v. Huan Nguyen
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2000-03-17· cited 54×
• VTech Holdings Ltd. v. Lucent Technologies, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2001-10-27· cited 48×
• Doralee Estates, Inc. v. Cities Service Oil Company, and Third-Party v. Mgo Corp. And Monticello Gas & Oil Co., Inc., Third-Party
  Second Circuit· 1977-12-21· cited 47×
• Peerless Mills, Inc. v. American Telephone and Telegraph Company, and Third-Party v. Hertz, Warner & Co., a Partnership, Third-Party
  Second Circuit· 1975-11-26· cited 46×
• Brink's Inc. v. City of New York
  S.D. New York· 1982-08-30· cited 41×
• Hamburg v. New York University School of Medicine
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2017-09-26· cited 41×
• Matzen Construction, Inc. v. Schultz
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1999-01-07· cited 36×
• Yeong Gil Kim v. Magnotta
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1998-06-23· cited 35×
• Bubbel v. Wien Air Alaska, Inc.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1984-04-27· cited 26×
• Lukowsky v. Shalit
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1985-04-18· cited 22×
• James v. Jamie Towers Housing Co.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2002-05-28· cited 21×
• Board of Education v. Sargent, Webster, Crenshaw & Folley
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1989-04-06· cited 20×
• Joel v. Weber
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1991-05-14· cited 18×
• Vitale v. Coyne Realty, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1979-02-28· cited 17×

Other cases named National Conversion Corp. v. Cedar Building Corp.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• National Conversion Corp. v. Cedar Building Corp.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1968-04-22