725 F. Supp. 2d 106 - Plesha v. Ferguson’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
32
cited by 32 later decisions
January 2019
most recently cited
25 district ·
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1406
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Conley v. Gibson · Erickson v. Pardus · Papasan v. Allain
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Because both promissory estoppel and unjust enrichment presuppose that an express, enforceable contract is absent, District of Columbia courts generally prohibit litigants from asserting these claims when there is an express contract that governs the parties' conduct.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“District of Columbia law requires that the factual basis for a fraud claim be separate from any breach-of-contract claim that may be asserted.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[C]onduct occurring during the course of a contract dispute may be the subject of a fraudulent or negligent misrepresentation claim when there are facts separable from the terms of the contract upon which the tort may independently rest and when there is a duty independent of that arising out of the contract itself, so that an action for breach of contract would reach none of the damages suffered by the tort.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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