Shinn v. Edwin Yee, Ltd.

How courts have described this case

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

• under the defense of unclean hands, a party may not profit by his or her own misconduct
• “A joint venture is a mutual undertaking by two or more persons to carry out a single business enterprise for profit. It is closely akin to a partnership, and the rules governing the creation and existence of partnerships are generally applicable to joint ventures.”
• a party may not \profit by his own misconduct\
• “It is for the trial court to determine whether and to what extent a witness is worthy of credit, and to give his testimony the weight that it deserves. The court may accept or reject the testimony of a witness in whole or in part.”
• a party may not “profit by his own misconduct”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Bruce Lee Jorgensen v. Benjamin B. Cassiday, III Salvador Laurel, Bruce Lee Jorgensen v. Benjamin B. Cassiday, III Salvador Laurel
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-02-06· cited 409×
• Roxas v. Marcos
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1998-11-17· cited 154×
• State v. Antone
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1980-07-17· cited 120×
• Cho Mark Oriental Food v. K & K International
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1992-09-09· cited 69×
• State v. Naeole
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1980-10-03· cited 57×
• Molokoa Village Development Co. v. Kauai Electric Co.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1979-04-02· cited 47×
• Shoemaker v. Takai
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1977-03-28· cited 42×
• Associated Engineers & Contractors, Inc. v. State
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1977-07-07· cited 37×
• Nani Koolau Co. v. K & M Construction, Inc.
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1984-04-06· cited 36×
• Silver v. Queen's Hospital
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1981-06-17· cited 32×
• Wagner v. World Botanical Gardens, Inc.
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2011-12-23· cited 28×
• Almeida v. Almeida
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1983-09-09· cited 25×
• Lau v. Valu-Bilt Homes, Ltd.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1978-06-30· cited 25×
• Wohlschlegel v. Uhlmann-Kihei, Inc.
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1983-04-08· cited 22×
• Dang v. F and S Land Development Corp.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1980-10-07· cited 20×
• MPM Hawaiian, Inc. v. Amigos, Inc.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1981-06-23· cited 19×
• Title Guaranty Escrow Services, Inc. v. Powley
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1981-07-01· cited 19×
• 7's Enterprises, Inc. v. Del Rosario
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2006-09-13· cited 19×
• Krohnert v. Yacht Systems Hawaii, Inc.
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1983-05-12· cited 17×
• Kie v. McMahel
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1999-07-13· cited 17×

Cites

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

• Virginian Railway Co. v. System Federation No. 40
  Supreme Court· 1937-03-29· cited 1,073×
• Precision Instrument Manufacturing Co. v. Automotive Maintenance MacHinery Co.
  Supreme Court· 1945-04-23· cited 1,028×
• Keystone Driller Co. v. General Excavator Co.
  Supreme Court· 1933-12-04· cited 553×
• Jake ROWE Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1972-03-02· cited 426×
• McConnell v. Commonwealth Pictures Corp.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1960-03-31· cited 140×
• Earl M. Jorgensen Co. v. Mark Construction, Inc.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1975-09-30· cited 125×
• Grigsby v. Coastal Marine Service of Texas, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1969-05-01· cited 115×
• Gaudiosi v. Mellon
  Third Circuit· 1959-06-24· cited 92×
• Albert E. Kuehnert v. Texstar Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1969-07-02· cited 86×
• Kaiser-Frazer Corp. v. Otis & Co.
  Second Circuit· 1952-04-07· cited 62×
• Mosley v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1941-06-10· cited 61×
• Peine v. Murphy
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1962-12-04· cited 52×
• Fleming v. Napili Kai, Ltd.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1967-07-20· cited 50×
• Sherwood & Roberts—Yakima, Inc. v. Leach
  Washington Supreme Court· 1965-12-23· cited 48×
• James v. Herbert
  California Court of Appeal· 1957-04-03· cited 45×
• State v. Cannon
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1975-02-24· cited 42×
• Kinsey v. Knapp
  Supreme Court· 1958-04-28· cited 38×
• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,794 James J. James v. George W. Dubreuil
  Fifth Circuit· 1974-09-12· cited 36×
• Young v. Hampton
  California Supreme Court· 1951-03-09· cited 34×
• Primeau v. Granfield
  Second Circuit· 1911-01-31· cited 34×