Cothern v. Vickers, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• addressing an alleged constructive discharge as the basis for a breach of contract or wrongful termination claim under Mississippi law
• citations and internal quotation marks omitted (quoting Bulloch v. City of Pascagoula, 574 So. 2d 637, 640 (Miss. 1990)
• “A party asserting equitable estoppel must show (1) belief and reliance on some representation; (2) change of position as a result thereof; and (3) detriment or prejudice caused by the change of position.”
• “[A] constructive discharge may be deemed to have resulted when the employer made conditions so intolerable that the employee reasonably felt compelled to resign.” (quoting Bulloch v. City of Pascagoula, 574 So. 2d 637, 640 (Miss. 1990)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Rein v. Benchmark Const. Co.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-02-12· cited 100×
• BC Rogers Poultry, Inc. v. Wedgeworth
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2005-09-15· cited 87×
• Ferrara v. Walters
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2005-09-22· cited 75×
• Lee v. Golden Triangle Planning & Development District
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-01-18· cited 62×
• McClinton v. Delta Pride Catfish, Inc.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-08-23· cited 59×
• Windham v. Latco of Mississippi, Inc.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2008-01-17· cited 26×
• FAVRE PROP. MANAGEMENT, LLC v. Cinque Bambini
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2004-01-20· cited 21×
• Clark v. Brass Eagle, Inc.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-02-26· cited 17×
• Senseney v. Mississippi Power Co.
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2005-11-01· cited 16×
• Mitchell v. Progressive Ins. Co.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2007-09-27· cited 12×
• Coleman v. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2005-11-08· cited 11×
• Lloyd G. Oliphant & Sons Paint Co. v. Logan
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2009-06-30· cited 9×
• Gasparrini v. Bredemeier
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2001-12-18· cited 9×
• Wagner v. MATTIACE CO.
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2006-09-12· cited 8×
• Young v. North Mississippi Medical Center
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-01-25· cited 6×
• James v. Chase Manhattan Bank
  N.D. Mississippi· 2001-10-26· cited 6×
• Malone v. Capital Correctional Resources, Inc.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2002-02-28· cited 5×
• Starks v. City of Fayette
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2005-09-27· cited 5×
• Kerr-McGee Corp. v. Maranatha Faith Center, Inc.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-05-13· cited 5×
• Montgomery v. Mississippi
  S.D. Mississippi· 2007-07-06· cited 4×

Cites

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

• Brown v. Credit Center, Inc.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1983-12-14· cited 543×
• Fortune v. National Cash Register Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-07-20· cited 507×
• 22 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1191, 23 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 30,891 Claudette T. Bourque, Cross v. Powell Electrical Manufacturing Company, Cross
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-05-28· cited 299×
• Israel Alicea Rosado v. Ramon Garcia Santiago
  First Circuit· 1977-09-13· cited 285×
• PMZ Oil Co. v. Lucroy
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-03-21· cited 141×
• Fruchter v. Lynch Oil Co.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-02-03· cited 133×
• Andrew L. PITTMAN, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HATTIESBURG MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT, Defendant-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-05-13· cited 127×
• Crain v. Cleveland Lodge 1532, Order of Moose, Inc.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-08-11· cited 116×
• Adams v. US Homecrafters, Inc.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-06-03· cited 111×
• Janiece S. NOLAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joseph Maxwell CLELAND, Et Al., Defendants-Appellees
  Ninth Circuit· 1982-09-08· cited 109×
• Janet Shawgo and Stanley Whisenhunt v. Lee Spradlin, Chief of Police, City of Amarillo, Texas
  Fifth Circuit· 1983-03-28· cited 109×
• Perry v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-05-27· cited 101×
• Bobbitt v. the Orchard, Ltd.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-06-17· cited 72×
• Lames JUNIOR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TEXACO, INC., Defendant-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-10-07· cited 57×
• Hartle v. Packard Elec.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1993-10-21· cited 37×
• Covington County v. Page
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-09-05· cited 37×
• Hoerner Boxes, Inc. v. MESC
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-05-15· cited 34×
• Bulloch v. City of Pascagoula
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-12-19· cited 25×
• Fuselier, Ott & McKee, PA v. Moeller
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-04-15· cited 24×
• Hernandez v. VICKERY CHEVROLET-OLDS. CO.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-03-23· cited 24×