Spanish Oaks, Inc. v. Hy-Vee, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding a violation of the duty of good faith occurs only when a party violates, nullifies, or significantly impairs any benefit of a valid contract
• finding that the plaintiffs had standing to challenge the use restrictions [in a sublease to which they were not parties] because the plaintiffs were “alleging a breach of the [initial] lease, to which [they were] parties”
• \[T]he fact that a third party would be better off if a contract were unenforceable does not give him standing to sue to void the contract.\
• “A violation of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing occurs only when a party violates, nullifies, or significantly impairs any benefit of the contract.”
• discussing the distinction between indirect restraints—like use restrictions—and direct restraints
• distinguishing between use restrictions and direct restraints on alienation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).