Capps v. Capps

How courts have described this case

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

• stating the general proposition that a contract requires “absolute mutuality of engagement, so that each party has the right to hold the other to a positive agreement”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Cooley v. Cooley
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-02-29· cited 68×
• Rogers v. Yourshaw
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-08-23· cited 38×
• Centex Construction v. ACSTAR Insurance
  E.D. Virginia· 2006-08-24· cited 21×
• Davis v. Davis
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1990-04-20· cited 17×
• Dexter v. Dexter
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-09-06· cited 11×
• Sabet v. Easthern Virginia Medical Authority
  E.D. Virginia· 1985-02-22· cited 8×
• Church v. Church
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1981-06-19· cited 7×
• Lehman v. Lehman
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2002-08-13· cited 6×
• Springfield Engineering Corp. v. Three Score Development Corp.
  Stafford County Circuit Court· 1992-01-07· cited 2×
• Avery v. City of Norfolk
  Virginia Circuit Court· 2003-04-17· cited 1×
• Bailey v. Bailey
  Norfolk County Circuit Court· 1987-03-09
• McEwen v. McEwen
  Virginia Circuit Court· 2002-11-27

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hill v. Hill
  California Supreme Court· 1943-10-15· cited 56×
• Hoyt v. Hoyt
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1963-11-06· cited 43×
• Wallihan v. Hughes
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1954-06-21· cited 42×
• Town of Vinton v. City of Roanoke
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1954-03-15· cited 36×
• Capps v. Capps
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1975-12-01· cited 31×
• Shelton v. Stewart
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1951-12-03· cited 20×
• Arrington v. Arrington
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1954-06-21· cited 18×
• Wife, B. T. L. v. Husband, H. A. L.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1972-02-02· cited 15×
• Ryan v. Griffin
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1958-04-28· cited 10×