Tocci v. Lembo

How courts have described this case

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

• refusing to enforce promise to pay for construction of building which was criminal offense because built in violation of federal regulations
• no recovery where “ ‘illegality is serious or more than an incidental part of the performance’ ”
• a contract which contemplates the violation of a governmental regulation is illegal, and a contract, the performance of which was in violation of Federal regulations, was held unenforceable
• strong public policy against unauthorized building operations interfering with veterans’ emergency housing program

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).