Schwarzschild v. Martin

How courts have described this case

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

• “[Plaintiff’s] acceptance and use of the benefits of the credit card constituted his acceptance of the terms set forth in the Business Card Credit Agreement.”
• ‘‘parties may become bound by the terms of a contract, even though they do not sign it, where their assent is otherwise indicated, such as by the acceptance of benefits under the con- tract’’ (internal quotation marks omitted)
• “[i]n the absence of a statute requiring a signature . . . parties may become bound by the terms of a contract, even though they do not sign it, where their assent is otherwise indicated” [internal. quotation marks omitted]
• parties may be bound even if contract not signed
• “In the absence of a statute requiring a signature . . . parties may become bound by the terms of a contract, even though they do not sign it, where their assent is otherwise indicated, such as by acceptance of benefits under the contract.”
• applying this rule to settlement agreements

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Omega Engineering, Inc. v. Omega, S.A., Docket No. 04-5084-Cv
  Second Circuit· 2005-12-21· cited 164×
• O & G/O'Connell Joint Venture v. Chase Family Ltd. Partnership No. 3
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-04-14· cited 148×
• Barnes v. Schlein
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-04-17· cited 122×
• White v. Kampner
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-05-31· cited 93×
• Texaco, Inc. v. Golart
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-03-08· cited 85×
• Connecticut National Bank v. Great Neck Development Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-05-22· cited 77×
• Sicaras v. City of Hartford
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1997-04-22· cited 76×
• State v. Fullwood
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-11-13· cited 73×
• Bennett v. Meader
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-07-19· cited 68×
• Success Centers, Inc. v. Huntington Learning Centers, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-09-01· cited 61×
• McNeil v. Riccio
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1997-06-17· cited 47×
• Masters v. Masters
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-08-12· cited 39×
• Ramsdell v. Union Trust Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-01-13· cited 34×
• Middletown Commercial Associates Ltd. Partnership v. City of Middletown
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1996-08-06· cited 33×
• Doherty v. Sullivan
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1992-12-22· cited 28×
• Sawmill Brook Racing Ass'n v. Boston Realty Advisors, Inc.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1995-09-19· cited 23×
• Vincent Builders, Inc. v. American Application Systems, Inc.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1988-09-27· cited 22×
• Green v. Connecticut Disposal Service, Inc.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2001-02-27· cited 21×
• Local 530, AFSCME, Council 15 v. City of New Haven
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1986-12-09· cited 20×
• KND Corp. v. Hartcom, Inc.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1985-09-24· cited 19×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Breen v. Phelps
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-01-26· cited 350×
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters of America v. Shapiro
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1951-06-26· cited 107×
• State v. Sul
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1958-12-24· cited 103×
• Barnes v. Barnes
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-06-21· cited 91×
• Malone v. Santora
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1949-01-07· cited 63×
• Waterbury Board of Education v. Waterbury Teachers Assn.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1975-03-04· cited 59×
• Milford Employees Ass'n v. City of Milford
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-02-26· cited 54×
• Von Langendorff v. Riordan
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1960-07-19· cited 52×
• City of New Britain v. Connecticut State Board of Mediation & Arbitration
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1979-07-31· cited 51×
• Danbury Rubber Co. v. Local 402, United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum & Plastic Workers of America
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1958-01-28· cited 38×
• Levay v. Levay
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1950-07-11· cited 26×
• Schwarzschild v. Binsse
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1976-02-10· cited 21×
• Gould v. Gould
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1973-02-21· cited 9×
• Martin v. Schwarzschild
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1977-12-06· cited 1×