Schonfeld v. Hilliard

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that “the entrepreneur’s ‘cheerful prognostications’” create reliability concerns (quoting Dobbs Law of Remedies § 3.4)
• explaining that under New York law, “evidence of lost profits from a new business venture receives greater scrutiny because there is no track record upon which to base an estimate”
• explaining that under New York law, “evidence of lost profits from a new business venture receives greater scrutiny because there is no track record upon which to base an estimate”
• explaining the product in Ashland was “a new but tested investment strategy by an existing financial management corporation with an extensive customer base”
• explaining, at least in the breach of contract context, that “a recent sale price for the subject asset, negotiated by parties at arm’s length, is the ‘best evidence’ of its market value”
• granting summary judgment to defendant on lost profits claim and noting that \evidence of lost profits from a new business venture receives greater scrutiny because there is no track record upon which to base an estimate\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Process America, Inc. v. Cynergy Holdings, LLC
  Second Circuit· 2016-10-05· cited 344×
• Kreg Therapeutics, Inc. v. Vitalgo, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2019-03-14· cited 192×
• Schonfeld v. Hilliard
  Second Circuit· 2000-07-05· cited 104×
• SIGA Technologies, Inc. v. Pharmathene, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2015-12-23· cited 84×
• Phillips v. Carlton Energy Group, LLC
  Texas Supreme Court· 2015-05-08· cited 81×
• Pure Power Boot Camp, Inc. v. Warrior Fitness Boot Camp, LLC
  S.D. New York· 2011-09-12· cited 76×
• Marisol A. Ex Rel. Forbes v. Giuliani
  S.D. New York· 2000-08-30· cited 67×
• New Windsor Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc. v. Meyers
  Second Circuit· 2006-03-22· cited 56×
• Innovation Ventures, LLC v. Ultimate One Distributing Corp.
  E.D. New York· 2016-03-31· cited 53×
• World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. v. Jakks Pacific, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2007-12-21· cited 44×
• Great Earth International Franchising Corp. v. Milks Development
  S.D. New York· 2004-03-03· cited 43×
• Holland Loader Co. v. Flsmidth A/S
  S.D. Illinois· 2018-05-02· cited 25×
• Unnamed case
  Eighth Circuit· 2007-02-20· cited 23×
• Versatile Housewares & Gardening Systems, Inc. v. Thill Logistics, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2011-06-29· cited 22×
• Wantanabe Realty Corp. v. City of New York
  S.D. New York· 2003-07-14· cited 22×
• First Federal Lincoln Bank v. United States
  Federal Circuit· 2008-03-05· cited 21×
• Aristocrat Leisure Ltd. v. Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas
  S.D. New York· 2009-04-30· cited 19×
• Mathias v. Jacobs
  S.D. New York· 2002-10-31· cited 19×
• Celebrity Cruises, Inc. v. Essef Corp.
  S.D. New York· 2006-05-12· cited 18×
• Kortright Capital Partners LP v. Investcorp Inv. Advisers Ltd.
  S.D. Illinois· 2019-08-07· cited 18×

Cites

34 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-28· cited 21,376×
• Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-11· cited 4,510×
• United States v. Cartwright
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-07· cited 676×
• New York University v. Continental Insurance
  New York Court of Appeals· 1995-12-27· cited 663×
• W. T. Grant Co. v. Srogi
  New York Court of Appeals· 1981-04-09· cited 650×
• Rocanova v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States
  New York Court of Appeals· 1994-05-10· cited 506×
• Action S.A. And Deltamar Establishment v. Marc Rich & Co., Inc. And Marc Rich, Marc Rich
  Second Circuit· 1991-12-11· cited 500×
• Suitum v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
  Supreme Court· 1997-05-27· cited 426×
• Ashland Management Inc. v. Janien
  New York Court of Appeals· 1993-11-22· cited 338×
• Plaza Hotel Associates v. Wellington Associates, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1975-07-08· cited 317×
• Kenford Co. v. County of Erie
  New York Court of Appeals· 1986-05-06· cited 313×
• Seymour Silverman v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
  Second Circuit· 1976-06-21· cited 290×
• Dana Leigh Thompson v. County of Franklin, William A. Hughes, Treasurer of Franklin County
  Second Circuit· 1994-01-20· cited 269×
• Travellers International, A.G. And Windsor, Inc. v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1994-12-08· cited 197×
• Kenford Co. v. County of Erie
  New York Court of Appeals· 1989-02-21· cited 190×
• Arthur Hollander v. American Cyanamid Company
  Second Circuit· 1999-03-29· cited 163×
• Contemporary Mission, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Famous Music Corporation, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee
  Second Circuit· 1977-05-18· cited 147×
• S & K Sales Co. v. Nike, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1987-04-06· cited 105×
• Giblin v. Murphy
  New York Court of Appeals· 1988-11-29· cited 85×
• Fort Howard Paper Co. v. William D. Witter, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1986-03-27· cited 78×