Nordstrom v. Miller

How courts have described this case

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

• noting a party suing for money damages on a contract and for rescission of the contract must elect between the two because they are inconsistent
• upholding court’s refusal to award punitive damages despite fact that punitive damages could legally have been awarded
• defining an agency relationship as that between a principal and a real estate broker
• “Rescission is an equitable remedy designed to afford relief from contracts entered into through mistake, fraud or duress.”
• “Rescission is an equitable remedy designed to afford relief 8 from contracts entered into through mistake, fraud or duress.”
• punitive damages are awarded in the discretion of the court

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).