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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 10 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Watts v. Watts.

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1 Watts v. Watts Anchor
wis · 1987
green “grounded on the moral principle that one who has received a benefit has a duty to make restitution where retaining such a benefit would be unjust.” 6
2 Lindquist Ford, Inc. v. Middleton Motors, Inc.
ca7 · 2009
green “(1) a benefit conferred upon the defendant by the plaintiff, (2) appreciation by the defendant of the fact of such benefit, and (3) acceptance and retention by the defendant of the benefit, under circumstances such that it would be inequitable to retain the benefit without payme…” 4

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