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Standardbred Owners Ass'n v. Yonkers Racing

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 14, 1994
209 A.D.2d 507 (N.Y. App. Div. 1994)

Summary

dismissing breach of fiduciary duty claim

Summary of this case from O'Hearn v. Bodyonics, Ltd.

Opinion

November 14, 1994

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Wager, J.).


Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

The first cause of action pleaded in the third-party complaint seeks recovery in quasi contract based on the doctrine of unjust enrichment. However, the record indicates that the purported quasi contract arises "out of the same subject matter" (Clark-Fitzpatrick, Inc. v. Long Is. R.R. Co., 70 N.Y.2d 382, 388) governed by an enforceable written contract between the same parties, dated September 1, 1988. Under these circumstances, the first cause of action in the third-party complaint was properly dismissed (see, Clark-Fitzpatrick, Inc. v. Long Is. R.R. Co., supra; Radio Today v. Westwood One, 684 F. Supp. 68, 71-72; Chadirjian v. Kanian, 123 A.D.2d 596; Nixon Gear Mach. Co. v. Nixon Gear, 86 A.D.2d 746). Thompson, J.P., Balletta, Rosenblatt and Florio, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Standardbred Owners Ass'n v. Yonkers Racing

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 14, 1994
209 A.D.2d 507 (N.Y. App. Div. 1994)

dismissing breach of fiduciary duty claim

Summary of this case from O'Hearn v. Bodyonics, Ltd.
Case details for

Standardbred Owners Ass'n v. Yonkers Racing

Case Details

Full title:STANDARDBRED OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, v. YONKERS RACING…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Nov 14, 1994

Citations

209 A.D.2d 507 (N.Y. App. Div. 1994)
619 N.Y.S.2d 613

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