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Quinn v. Jacobs

MEMORANDUM OF LAW in Support re: 14 MOTION to Dismiss Counterclaim -.. Document

12 Cited authorities

  1. Lama Holding Co. v. Smith Barney Inc.

    88 N.Y.2d 413 (N.Y. 1996)   Cited 2,155 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that damages that are "undeterminable" or speculative cannot serve as the basis of a fraud claim

  2. Liberman v. Gelstein

    80 N.Y.2d 429 (N.Y. 1992)   Cited 1,000 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding an interloper's statements to the party (potentially slanderous per se because "tend[ing] to injure [the counter-party] in his or her trade, business or profession") could subject the interloper to liability for tortious interference if the party declined to proceed with the transaction on that basis

  3. Foster v. Churchill

    87 N.Y.2d 744 (N.Y. 1996)   Cited 628 times
    Holding that acts in furtherance of an economic interest defeat claims for tortious interference with a contract

  4. White Plains Coat Apron Co. v. Cintas Corp.

    460 F.3d 281 (2d Cir. 2006)   Cited 120 times
    Analyzing tortious interference with contract as a conduct-regulating tort

  5. Solow v. Stone

    994 F. Supp. 173 (S.D.N.Y. 1998)   Cited 82 times
    Holding that an agent cannot "be held liable for inducing his principal to breach a contract so long as he is acting within the scope of his authority"

  6. Felsen v. Sol Cafe Manufacturing Corp.

    24 N.Y.2d 682 (N.Y. 1969)   Cited 125 times
    Holding that plaintiff could not maintain a tortious interference claim against defendant who had merely protected its existing economic interest through legal means

  7. Stillman v. Ford

    22 N.Y.2d 48 (N.Y. 1968)   Cited 122 times
    In Stillman there had been full opportunity for discovery, 22 N.Y.2d 51, 54, 290 N.Y.S.2d 893, 898, 238 N.E.2d 307, unlike this case where there has not.

  8. Solow v. Stone

    163 F.3d 151 (2d Cir. 1998)   Cited 36 times
    Holding that New York had the greatest interest in applying its law without explicitly deciding whether aiding-and-abetting was conduct-regulating

  9. Glantz v. Cook United, Inc.

    499 F. Supp. 710 (E.D.N.Y. 1979)   Cited 6 times

    No. 79 C 1497. December 27, 1979. Squadron, Ellenoff, Plesent Lehrer, New York City, for plaintiff. Donovan, Leisure, Newton Irvine, New York City, for defendants. Memorandum of Decision and Order MISHLER, Chief Judge. In this diversity action plaintiff, Harold Glantz, seeks compensatory and punitive damages from the defendants, Cook United, Inc. ("Cook") and the members of Cook's Board of Directors, for injuries sustained by reason of the defendants' publication of allegedly libelous statements

  10. Ashcroft v. Hammond

    197 N.Y. 488 (N.Y. 1910)   Cited 79 times

    Argued January 27, 1910 Decided February 15, 1910 James Byrne, A.L. Humes and Elihu Root, Jr., for appellant. R.A. Mansfield Hobbs for respondent. CULLEN, Ch. J. The action is for libel. The publication complained of is a telegram sent from the defendant to Samuel L. Clemens in negotiations to settle a controversy that had arisen over the affairs of the Plasmon Company. Plasmon is a product of milk obtained by processes protected by patents. The parent company was an English corporation. The Plasmon

  11. Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 12   Cited 345,885 times   922 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

  12. Section 215 - [Effective Until 9/1/2024] Actions to be commenced within one year: against sheriff, coroner or constable; for escape of prisoner; for assault, battery, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, libel or slander; for violation of right of privacy; for penalty given to informer; on arbitration award

    N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 215   Cited 1,949 times
    Imposing a one-year statute of limitations for intentional torts