Reiss v. Financial Performance Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• construing Haines v. City of New York, 41 N.Y.2d 769, 396 N.Y.S.2d 155, 364 N.E.2d 820 (N.Y.1977
• contract’s failure to address a contingency does not create an ambiguity where contract’s terms were otherwise unambiguous
• “courts may not by construction add or excise terms, nor distort the meaning of those used and thereby make a new contract for the parties under the guise of interpreting the writing” (quotations omitted)
• “[CJourts may not by construction add or excise terms, nor distort the meaning of those used and thereby make a new contract for the parties under the guise of interpreting the writing.”
• “[C]ourts may not by construction add or excise terms, nor distort the meaning of those used and thereby make a new contract for the parties under the guise of interpreting the writing.”
• “[C]ourts may not by construction add or excise terms, nor distort the meaning of those used and thereby make a new contract for the parties under the guise of interpreting the writing.” (quotation marks omitted)

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Cited by

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

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• Riverside South Planning Corp. v. CRP/Extell Riverside, L.P.
  New York Court of Appeals· 2009-11-24· cited 144×
• R/S Associates v. New York Job Development Authority
  New York Court of Appeals· 2002-04-30· cited 137×
• 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×
• Unnamed case
  Second Circuit· 2003-09-26· cited 116×
• Bailey v. Fish & Neave
  New York Court of Appeals· 2007-05-08· cited 107×
• NML Capital v. Republic of Argentina
  New York Court of Appeals· 2011-06-30· cited 89×
• Welsbach Elec v. Mastec N. Am
  New York Court of Appeals· 2006-11-20· cited 79×
• 150 Broadway N.Y. Associates, L.P. v. Bodner
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2004-11-04· cited 67×
• Universal Instruments Corp. v. Micro Sys. Eng'g, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2019-05-08· cited 64×
• Consedine v. Portville Central School District
  New York Court of Appeals· 2009-04-07· cited 56×
• Riverside South Planning Corp. v. CRP/Extell Riverside
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2008-12-30· cited 56×
• NFL Enterprises LLC v. Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2008-02-26· cited 52×
• Spinelli v. National Football League
  S.D. New York· 2015-03-27· cited 48×
• Matter of Tayinha Banos v. John Rhea / Matter of Viola Dial v. John Rhea
  New York Court of Appeals· 2015-05-12· cited 43×
• Willsey v. Gjuraj
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2009-09-22· cited 42×
• Common Law Settlement Counsel v. Travelers Indemnity Co. (In Re Johns-Manville Corp.)
  Second Circuit· 2014-07-22· cited 39×
• Cirino v. City of New York
  Second Circuit· 2014-06-09· cited 38×
• Nissho Iwai Europe PLC v. Korea First Bank
  New York Court of Appeals· 2002-11-19· cited 37×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• W.W.W. Associates, Inc. v. Giancontieri
  New York Court of Appeals· 1990-12-27· cited 1,330×
• Breed v. Insurance Co. of North America
  New York Court of Appeals· 1978-12-27· cited 632×
• Merritt Hill Vineyards Inc. v. Windy Heights Vineyard, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1984-02-21· cited 421×
• Intercontinental Planning, Ltd. v. Daystrom Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1969-04-10· cited 279×
• Rowe v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1978-12-06· cited 257×
• Morlee Sales Corp. v. Manufacturers Trust Co.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1961-01-12· cited 80×
• Schmidt v. Magnetic Head Corp.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1983-11-14· cited 79×
• Reiss v. Financial Performance Corp.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2000-11-02· cited 9×

Other cases named Reiss v. Financial Performance Corp.

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• Reiss v. Financial Performance Corp.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2000-11-02· cited 9×