Wall Systems, Inc. v. Pompa’s Empirical Analysis

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17 state decisions

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[C]ourts exercising their equitable powers are charged with formulating fair and practical remedies appropriate to the specific dispute.... In doing equity, [a] court has the power to adapt equitable remedies to the particular circumstances of each particular case.... [E]quitable discretion is not governed by fixed principles and definite rules .... Rather, implicit therein is conscientious judgment directed by law and reason and looking to a just result.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 187 Conn. App. 40 - Hospital Media Network, LLC v. Henderson · Lyme Land Conservation Trust, Inc. v. Platner

2. “A [c]onstructive trust permits the claimant to assert ownership of (i) specifically identifiable property for which the defendant is liable in restitution or (ii) its traceable product .... A claimant who can show unjust enrichment, but who cannot identify such property in the hands of the defendant, is not entitled to the remedy of constructive trust.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. St. George v. Hampton Ventures, LLC (In re Hampton Ventures, LLC)

3. “As a general matter, [t]he trial court has broad discretion in determining whether damages are appropriate.... Its decision will not be disturbed on appeal absent a clear abuse of discretion.... Our review of the amounts of monetary awards rendered pursuant to various equitable doctrines is similarly deferential.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 187 Conn. App. 40 - Hospital Media Network, LLC v. Henderson