Washington Investment Partners of Delaware, LLC v. Securities House

How courts have described this case

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

• identifying jury award of damages on claim “seeking the amount of fees”
• “Both parties knew exactly how much [appellant] had been paid under the [contract], and thus appellee’s award was a ‘sum certain.’ ” (citation omitted)
• “We construe our rules in light of the meaning of the federal rules where they are substantially identical . . . .”
• “[W]here the terms of the document leave no room for doubt, [the document’s] effect can be determined as a matter of law.”
• courts “will not inquire into the adequacy of consideration, even where it is arguably slight, as long as it is legally sufficient” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)
• “‘[M]embers [of a joint venture] must have the intent to form [such a] relationship.’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).