Legal Opinion

Staley v. Homeland, Inc.

District Court, E.D. North Carolina

Decided January 2, 1974No. Civ. 984, 985PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION and ORDER

LARKINS, District Judge:

In its broadest and most general signification, Equity denotes the spirit and the habit of fairness, justness, and right dealing which would regulate the intercourse of men with men. But in this sense its obligation is ethical rather than jural, and its discussion belongs to the sphere of morals. It is grounded in the precepts of the conscience, not in any sanction of positive law. Black’s Law Dictionary.

This cause involves two eases in which fairness, justness, and right dealing rest with the plaintiffs while the positive law is aligned on…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. Hanson v. DencklaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  3. McGee v. International Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  4. Goldlawr, Inc. v. HeimanSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  5. Mercantile Nat. Bank at Dallas v. LangdeauSupreme Court of the United States · 1963

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Phoenix America Corp. v. BrisseyCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1980
  2. Attorney General v. INDUS. NATIONAL BANK OF RIMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
  3. General Latex & Chemical Corp. v. Phoenix Medical Technology, Inc.District Court, W.D. North Carolina · 1991
  4. Avco Financial Services Consumer Discount Co. v. Director, Division of TaxationSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1985
  5. Murphy v. First National Bank of ChicagoSupreme Court of Iowa · 1975

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