Sullivan v. Rooney

How courts have described this case

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• holding that imposition of a constructive trust requires breach of a fiduciary duty
• affirming imposition of constructive trust on property owned by one domestic partner in favor of the other domestic partner finding a fiduciary relationship and unfulfilled promise to place name on deed
• finding relationship of trust and confidence when plaintiff was less educated and experienced than defendant, relied on defendant for long period of time in important matters, and gave up career to maintain a home with defendant upon assurances that they would own it together
• fiduciary relationship between unmarried cohabitants where woman reasonably relied on defendant companion’s promises to take care of her and defendant knew of and accepted plaintiff’s trust in him
• “Equitable principles impose constructive trust on property to avoid unjust enrichment of party who violates his fiduciary duty and acquires that property at expense of person to whom he owed that duty”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).