Pignataro v. Pignataro

How courts have described this case

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

• finding, in analyzing frustration defense, that “purpose of the . . . agreement is evident from the plain language of the contract,” especially where “the parties’ intent [is] clearly expressed within the four corners of their writing”
• frustration of purpose applies when “a change in circumstances makes one party’s performance virtually worthless to the other, frustrating his purpose in making the contract”
• payee unable to invoke frustration-of-purpose doctrine to excuse payment of self-storage contract in New Orleans following Hurricfane Katrina
• “For a party to a contract to invoke frustration of purpose as a defense for nonperformance, the frustrated purpose must be so completely the basis of the contract that, as both parties understood, without it, the transaction would have made little sense.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).