Berryhill v. Hatt

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• affirming an award of compensatory damages and reversing an award of damages without requiring a new trial where the compensatory damages awarded were within the range of the evidence
• an award of attorney fees was proper where a contract provision allowed recovery “of reasonable costs and attorney fees”
• ambiguity exists in contract when, after application of rules of interpretation to face of instrument, a genuine uncertainty exists concerning which of two reasonable construction is proper
• specific performance is available when the contract involves property that is unique, and real estate, but not other property, is assumed to be unique
• specific performance is an equitable remedy for breach of contract and there is nothing inherently inconsistent between legal remedies for breach of contract, such as damages, and specific performance, although the remedies are not necessarily alternative
• “Specific performance is available when the contract involves property which is unique.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Iowa Fuel & Minerals, Inc. v. Iowa State Board of Regents
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1991-06-19· cited 117×
• Brokaw v. Winfield-Mt. Union Community School District
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2010-09-10· cited 75×
• Iowa-Illinois Gas & Elec. Co. v. Black & Veatch
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1993-03-24· cited 67×
• Hartig Drug Co. v. Hartig
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1999-11-17· cited 66×
• Shepherd Components, Inc. v. Brice Petrides-Donohue & Associates, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1991-07-17· cited 54×
• Weber v. IMT Insurance Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1990-10-17· cited 51×
• Phillip v. Marsh-Monsanto
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2017-05-30· cited 47×
• Penobscot Indian Nation v. Key Bank of Maine
  First Circuit· 1997-05-05· cited 39×
• Parks v. City of Marshalltown
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1989-05-17· cited 39×
• Coster v. Crookham
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1991-04-17· cited 32×
• EFCO Corp. v. Norman Highway Constructors, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2000-01-20· cited 32×
• State v. Watts
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1998-11-25· cited 30×
• Mogens Gjerlov and Jacob Verschoor v. Schuyler Laboratories, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 1997-12-29· cited 28×
• Breitbach v. Christenson
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1995-11-22· cited 28×
• Lange v. Lange
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1994-07-27· cited 26×
• Iowa Comprehensive Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Fund Board v. Farmland Mutual Insurance Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1997-09-17· cited 25×
• ERA Franchise Systems, Inc. v. Mathis
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2006-06-22· cited 24×
• Islami v. Covenant Medical Center, Inc.
  N.D. Iowa· 1992-12-22· cited 24×
• White v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1994-03-23· cited 23×
• West v. Jayne
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1992-04-15· cited 15×

Cites

27 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Larson v. Cactus Utility Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1987-04-01· cited 275×
• Meyer v. Nottger
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1976-05-19· cited 140×
• Fashion Fabrics of Iowa, Inc. v. Retail Investors Corp.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1978-05-17· cited 99×
• Rowen v. Le Mars Mut. Ins. Co. of Iowa
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1979-09-19· cited 76×
• In Re the Marriage of Zabecki
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1986-06-18· cited 67×
• Suss v. Schammel
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1985-10-16· cited 54×
• Valadez v. City of Des Moines
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1982-09-29· cited 53×
• Henkel v. R AND BOTTLING CO.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1982-08-25· cited 52×
• Pogge v. Fullerton Lumber Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1979-04-25· cited 46×
• Lyon v. Willie
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1980-02-20· cited 43×
• Moser v. Thorp Sales Corp.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1977-07-29· cited 39×
• DeWaay v. Muhr
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1968-07-18· cited 39×
• BLUE LAKES APT. v. George Gowing, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-03-13· cited 31×
• Tomash v. John Deere Industrial Equipment Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1987-01-14· cited 27×
• Janssen v. North Iowa Conference Pensions, Inc. of the Methodist Church
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1969-04-08· cited 25×
• Gendler Stone Products Co. v. Laub
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1970-09-24· cited 25×
• Royce v. Hoening
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1988-05-11· cited 23×
• McGee v. Breezy Point Estates
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1969-03-07· cited 22×
• Glass v. Minnesota Protective Life Insurance Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1982-01-20· cited 19×
• Lane v. Crescent Beach Lodge & Resort, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1972-06-29· cited 17×