Chen v. Chen’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
23
cited by 23 later decisions
1
states following
August 2017
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Guy v. Liederbach · Murray v. Murray · Hurlbut v. Scarbrough · In Re Poffenbarger · Holmes v. Wooley
Most-quoted passages
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“[u]nless otherwise agreed between promisor and promisee, a beneficiary of a promise is an intended beneficiary if recognition of the right to performance in the beneficiary is appropriate to effectuate the intention of the parties.” Restatement (Second) of Contracts § 302(1). The terms intended and incidental beneficiary used by the Restatement are more specific terms for”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
How this case has been treated — in progress
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