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· 3/19/2007

Old Stone Corp. v. United States

Citations

  • 127 S. Ct. 1831
  • 75 U.S.L.W. 3497
  • 167 L. Ed. 2d 319
  • 549 U.S. 1279
  • 2007 U.S. LEXIS 3038

How courts have described this case

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

  • the elements of an unjust enrichment claim in New York are “(1) that the defendant benefited; (2) at the plaintiff’s expense; and (3) that equity and good conscience require restitution.”
  • “This Court may affirm an appealed decision on any ground which finds support in the record, regardless of the ground upon which the trial court relied.” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)
  • the elements of an unjust enrichment claim in New York are “ (1) that the defendant benefited; (2) at the plaintiff’s expense; and (3) that equity and good conscience require restitution.”
  • “The New York Court of Appeals has held that waiver of a contract right is the voluntary abandonment or relinquishment of a known contract right. It is essentially a matter of intent which must be proved.” (internal quotation marks omitted)
  • pleading unjust enrichment in the alternative to contract claims

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