Can a plaintiff bring an unjust enrichment claim?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Owino v. Corecivic, Inc., Case No.: 17-CV-1112 JLS (NLS) (S.D. Cal. 2018):

Defendant posits that Plaintiffs' unjust enrichment claim must fail because unjust enrichment is an equitable remedy and an equitable theory of recovery is barred if an adequate remedy exists at law against the same person. (MTD 29 (citing Mort v. United States, 86 F.3d 890, 892 (9th Cir. 1996)).) Defendant explains that courts typically find unjust enrichment to be unavailable when a plaintiff's other claims prove that adequate

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