Deer Valley Realty, Inc. v. SB Hotel Associates LLC
Reporting cited here
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The written contracts disclosed the limited licensing role, which counters broader inferences from the Trump branding. Buyers still alleged that marketing created a different impression.
Purchase documents, Trump licensing disclosures, project failure, and appellate dispositionTrump Fort Lauderdale licensing disclosures: Audit finding · Cited analysis
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Project marketing used the Trump name for a luxury hotel-condominium.
Purchase documents, Trump licensing disclosures, project failure, and appellate dispositionTrump Fort Lauderdale licensing disclosures: Promised · Promised
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Purchase documents disclosed that Trump was a licensor rather than the developer.
Purchase documents, Trump licensing disclosures, project failure, and appellate dispositionTrump Fort Lauderdale licensing disclosures: The record · The record
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Trump licensed his name to the project, while contracts disclaimed his developer role.
Purchase documents, Trump licensing disclosures, project failure, and appellate dispositionTrump Fort Lauderdale licensing disclosures: The record · The record
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The project failed and buyers pursued claims concerning deposits and representations.
Purchase documents, Trump licensing disclosures, project failure, and appellate dispositionTrump Fort Lauderdale licensing disclosures: Affected group · Affected group
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The appellate record treated the written non-developer disclosure as legally significant, limiting attribution to Trump for the developer's performance.
Purchase documents, Trump licensing disclosures, project failure, and appellate dispositionTrump Fort Lauderdale licensing disclosures: Evidentiary limit · Evidentiary limit