Equitex, Inc. v. Ungar’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 4 district · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Churchey v. Adolph Coors Co. · Aspen Wilderness Workshop, Inc. v. Colorado Water Conservation Board · McLean v. Alexander · Golden Press, Inc. v. Rylands · Brody v. Bock
Most-quoted passages
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“there must be proof, among other things, that (1) either the reposing of trust and confidence in the other party was justified, or the party in whom such confidence was reposed either invited, ostensibly accepted, or acquiesced in such trust; (2) the alleged trustee assumed a primary duty to represent the other party’s interest in the subject of the transaction; (3) the nature and scope of the duty that arose by reason of the confidential relationship extended to the subject mater of the suit; and (4) that duty was violated, resulting in damage to the party reposing such confidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A contract which is contrary to public policy is void because it is contrary to public policy, and neither party to the contract is estopped from questioning it merely because the other party has parted with a property right or rendered service in reliance upon it.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Public policy prohibits 'indemnifying a par ty for damages resulting from intentional or willful wrongful acts'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.