Staples v. Hoefke

How courts have described this case

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

• refusing to reverse a judgment for mere failure to award nominal damages where there was no absolute entitlement to costs and no permanent right at stake
• landlord can be liable for nuisance created by tenant when landlord leases property with knowledge that tenant would create nuisance
• “we can perceive of no reason why plaintiffs should profit from defendant Hoefke’s foresight in obtaining insurance coverage”
• “Plaintiffs were not 7 entitled to avoid their contractual obligation to pay reasonable 8 attorney fees based on the fortuitous circumstance that they sued a 9 defendant who obtained insurance coverage providing a defense.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).