Arby's, Inc. v. Cooper

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• recognizing that “the promise of future compensation must also be for an exact amount or based upon a ‘formula or method for determining the exact amount’ ” (citation omitted)
• recognizing that “the promise of future compensation must also be for an exact amount or based upon a ‘formula or method for determining the exact amount’” (citation omitted)
• holding that a promise of a future bonus that was 19 only partially tied to a formula and was otherwise left to a supervisor’s discretion was not a sufficiently definite promise of future compensation to be enforceable
• holding that a promise of a future bonus that was only partially tied to a formula and was otherwise left to a 19 supervisor’s discretion was not a sufficiently definite promise of future compensation to be enforceable
• noting that a promise of future compensation must also be for an exact amount or based upon a formula or method for determining the exact amount to be enforceable
• finding that promise of future compensation for at-will employee was unenforceable where the amount of the bonus was based in part on a formula and in part on company president’s discretion

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Cited by

26 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Morrell v. Wellstar Health System, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-06-20· cited 48×
• Insurance Industry Consultants, LLC v. Alford
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-11-20· cited 34×
• Jackson v. Ford
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-10-09· cited 30×
• Moore v. BellSouth Mobility, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-04-20· cited 23×
• Jones v. White
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-10-04· cited 23×
• CHRISTOPHER SHELNUTT v. THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF SAVANNAH
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-06-22· cited 19×
• McLean v. CONTINENTAL WINGATE CO., INC.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-09-18· cited 16×
• O'Connor v. Fulton County
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-09-13· cited 14×
• Edwards v. Central Georgia HHS, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-01-15· cited 11×
• Kitchen v. INSURAMERICA CORP.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-03-19· cited 10×
• BDI Laguna Holdings, Inc. v. Marsh
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-11-19· cited 8×
• Rodriguez v. Miranda
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-09-28· cited 8×
• Dye v. Mechanical Enterprises, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-03-09· cited 7×
• Kerwood v. Dinero Solutions, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-06-25· cited 6×
• Walker Electric Co. v. Byrd
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-08-18· cited 5×
• Medical Ass'n v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Georgia, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-06-19· cited 3×
• Mathews v. Marietta Toyota, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-11-04· cited 3×
• Carter v. Hubbard
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-01-28· cited 2×
• Jones v. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF FULTON COUNTY
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-03-20· cited 2×
• Mosaic Business Advisory Services, Inc. v. Stone
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-03-11· cited 2×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• E. D. Lacey Mills, Inc. v. Keith
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-06-04· cited 58×
• Touche Ross & Co. v. DASD CORP.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1982-05-26· cited 26×
• Atkinson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-04-14· cited 24×
• Pine Valley Apartments Ltd. Partnership v. First State Bank
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1977-09-09· cited 21×
• Steinemann v. Vaughn & Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-11-03· cited 17×
• Christensen v. Roberds of Atlanta, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-10-31· cited 15×
• Phillips & Co. v. Hudson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1911-09-30· cited 15×
• Management Search, Inc. v. Morgan
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1975-11-20· cited 11×
• Cary v. Neel
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1936-11-28· cited 10×
• Sineath v. Lane Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-11-17· cited 9×
• Harrell v. Deariso
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1950-12-05· cited 5×
• Arby's, Inc. v. Cooper
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-05-12· cited 3×

Other cases named Arby's, Inc. v. Cooper

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Arby's, Inc. v. Cooper
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-05-12· cited 3×
• Arby's, Inc. v. Cooper
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-06-22