Brankline v. Capuano’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 8 later decisions — most recently May 2015
1 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 617 So. 2d 880 - Stobart v. State Through DOTD · 623 So. 2d 1257 - Youn v. Maritime Overseas Corp. · State v. Theriot · Taylor v. Louisiana Pacific Corp. · Kibbe v. Lege
Most-quoted passages
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“Quantum meruit awards are not dependent on a contract, but, instead, such awards are derived in the absence of a contract. In Brankline v. Capuano, 94-1630, p. 6 (La.App. 3 Cir. 5/3/95); 656 So.2d 1, 5 , we noted that an award of quantum meruit involves the following: Quantum meruit is an equitable remedy founded upon the principle that no one who benefits from the labor or materials of another should be unjustly enriched at the other's expense. The doctrine operates in the absence of a specific contract to imply a promise on behalf of the person to whom the benefit is conferred to pay a reasonable sum for the services or materials furnished.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage
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