Rubenstein v. Rubenstein

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing long standing rule in New York that a contract may preclude the remedy of specific performance if it provides that a specific damage remedy is the sole and exclusive remedy
• recognizing long standing rule in New York that a contract may preclude the remedy of specific performance if it provides that a specific damage remedy is the sole and exclusive remedy
• rejecting exclusion of specific performance in favor of party seeking to compel defendant, inter alia, to perform his contractual obligation to buy plaintiffs interest in a jointly-held corporation
• equitable relief for breach of contract available where remedy at law inadequate and contract did not specifically bar equitable relief
• “For there to be a complete bar to equitable relief there must be something more, such as explicit language in the contract that the liquidated damages provision was to be the sole remedy.”
• “For 9 there to be a complete bar to equitable relief there must be something more, such 10 as explicit language in the contract that the liquidated damages provision was 11 to be the sole remedy.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• VACOLD LLC v. Cerami
  Second Circuit· 2008-10-02· cited 106×
• Southeastern Land Fund, Inc. v. Real Estate World, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-07-09· cited 95×
• Amory H. Bradford v. The New York Times Company
  Second Circuit· 1974-06-21· cited 57×
• Papa Gino's of America, Inc. v. Plaza at Latham Associates
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1988-01-28· cited 28×
• Ace Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust v. DB Structured Products, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2014-03-20· cited 25×
• The Travelers Insurance Company v. 633 Third Associates
  Second Circuit· 1992-08-17· cited 21×
• Mendelson v. Fleischmann
  S.D. New York· 1973-05-16· cited 18×
• L.K. Station Group, LLC v. Quantek Media, LLC
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2009-05-14· cited 18×
• Picotte Realty, Inc. v. Gallery of Homes, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1978-12-28· cited 18×
• Deutsche Alt-A Securities Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2006-OA1 ex rel. HSBC Bank, USA, National Association v. DB Structured Products, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2013-07-24· cited 18×
• Edge Group Waiccs LLC v. Sapir Group LLC
  S.D. New York· 2010-04-07· cited 11×
• Granite Broadway Development LLC v. 1711 LLC
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2007-10-30· cited 8×
• North American Consolidated, Inc. v. Kopka
  D. Massachusetts· 1986-09-12· cited 7×
• Balaber-Strauss v. Markowitz (In Re Frankel)
  S.D. New York· 1996-02-08· cited 6×
• Coizza v. 164-50 Crossbay Realty Corp.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2007-02-20· cited 6×
• Merrill Lynch International v. XL Capital Assurance Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2008-07-15· cited 5×
• Barclay Arms Associates v. Clemente
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1983-12-15· cited 5×
• Coney v. Commercial National Realty Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-09-29· cited 5×
• Sutton Madison, Inc. v. 27 East 65th Street Owners Corp.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2004-06-10· cited 3×
• Interactive Properties Corp. v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield
  New York Supreme Court· 1982-06-07· cited 3×

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Diamond Match Co. v. . Roeber
  New York Court of Appeals· 1887-10-04· cited 234×
• Phoenix Ins. Co. v. . Continental Ins. Co.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1882-01-17· cited 31×
• Artstrong Homes, Inc. v. Vasa
  New York Supreme Court· 1960-04-28· cited 10×
• Hasbrouck v. Van Winkle
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1941-04-30· cited 8×