Brown v. Drillers, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that contracts must be interpreted and construed as a whole
• describing the inapplicable circumstances in which Louisiana courts do not enforce the clear and explicit words of a settlement agreement
• “differences which the parties do not intend to settle are unaffected by a compromise agreement”
• a compromise \must be interpreted according to the parties' true intent\
• a compromise \must be interpreted according to the parties' true intent.\
• a compromise \must be interpreted according to the parties' true intent.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Mayeaux v. Louisiana Health Service & Indemnity Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-07-01· cited 340×
• Smith v. Amedisys Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-07-26· cited 334×
• Walls v. American Optical Corp.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1999-09-08· cited 171×
• Ortego v. STATE, DOTD
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1997-02-25· cited 170×
• Peterson v. Schimek
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1999-03-02· cited 159×
• Corbello v. Iowa Production
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2003-06-20· cited 153×
• NAB Nat. Resources v. Willamette Industries, Inc.
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1996-08-21· cited 150×
• Campbell v. Melton
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2002-05-14· cited 148×
• Copeland v. Wasserstein, Perella & Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-01-04· cited 98×
• Southern Snow Manufacturing Co. v. Snowizard Holdings, Inc.
  E.D. Louisiana· 2013-01-31· cited 96×
• Tunstall v. Stierwald
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2002-02-26· cited 86×
• Trahan v. COCO COLA BOTTLING CO. UNITED
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2005-03-02· cited 85×
• Lifemark Hospitals, Inc. v. Liljeberg Enterprises, Inc. (In Re Liljeberg Enterprises, Inc.)
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-08-28· cited 60×
• Kerry Maggio v. James Parker The Sandwich Kings, LLC (d/B/A Jimmy John's) Republic-Vanguard Insurance Company And Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance Company
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2018-06-27· cited 58×
• Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations, LLC v. City of Baton Rouge
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2018-07-18· cited 45×
• Rogers v. Horseshoe Entertainment
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2000-08-01· cited 40×
• Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-07-26· cited 38×
• Maldonado v. Kiewit Louisiana Co.
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2014-03-24· cited 37×
• Landry v. Avondale Industries, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2004-01-30· cited 35×
• FIVE N COMPANY LLC v. Stewart
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2003-07-02· cited 35×

Cites

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

• Leenerts Farms, Inc. v. Rogers
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1982-10-18· cited 202×
• Williams v. Sewerage & Water Bd. of NO
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1993-01-19· cited 179×
• Taylor v. Giddens
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1993-05-24· cited 155×
• State v. Barras
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1993-03-08· cited 133×
• Dixie Campers, Inc. v. Vesely Co.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1981-05-18· cited 123×
• Guidry v. Theriot
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1979-11-12· cited 110×
• Moak v. American Automobile Insurance Company
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1961-11-06· cited 90×
• Soverign Ins. Co. v. Texas Pipe Line Co.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1986-05-20· cited 86×
• Alfone v. Sarno
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1981-07-20· cited 78×
• RG Claitor's Realty v. Juban
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1980-10-20· cited 68×
• Rivett v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Co.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1987-06-22· cited 65×
• Smith v. Leger
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1983-10-11· cited 65×
• Ingram Corp. v. J. Ray McDermott & Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1983-02-28· cited 53×
• National Union Fire Insurance Co. Of Pittsburgh, Pa. v. Circle, Inc., Grillot Co., Inc., and Cirlot Co., Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1990-10-26· cited 48×
• Ritchey v. Azar
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1980-04-07· cited 39×
• Audubon Ins. Co. v. Farr
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1984-06-25· cited 34×
• Wilson v. Cost+ Plus of Vivian, Inc.
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1979-06-12· cited 33×
• Daigle v. Clemco Industries
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1993-02-11· cited 32×
• Succession of Teddlie
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1980-06-10· cited 30×
• Cannon v. Pearson
  Texas Supreme Court· 1964-10-07· cited 28×

Other cases named Brown v. Drillers, Inc.

4 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Brown v. Drillers, Inc.
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1981-04-13· cited 3×
• Brown v. Drillers, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1980-09-26
• Brown v. Drillers, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1981-05-29
• Brown v. Drillers, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1993-06-18