753 F. Supp. 2d 1237 - Rinker v. Carnival Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
1 district ·
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Applies 46 U.S.C. § 3507
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · American United Life Insurance v. Martinez · United Technologies Corp. v. Mazer · Roe v. Aware Woman Center for Choice, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“(1) the existence of a contract in which plaintiff is not a party, (2) “an intent, either expressed by the parties, or in the provisions of the contract, that the contract primarily and directly benefit” the plaintiff, (3) breach of that contract by one of the parties and (4) damages to plaintiff resulting from the breach.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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