Cygan v. Megathlin

How courts have described this case

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

• oral promise to pay “additional compensation” for plaintiff’s services if “fair and reasonable” held enforceable at fair market value

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Community Builders, Inc. v. Indian Motocycle Associates, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-04-07· cited 96×
• Air Technology Corp. v. General Electric Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1964-06-10· cited 77×
• Simons v. American Dry Ginger Ale Co. Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1957-03-05· cited 74×
• Hastings Associates, Inc. v. Local 369 Building Fund, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-01-31· cited 71×
• Lucey v. Hero International Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1972-04-10· cited 50×
• Lambert v. Fleet National Bank
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-05-11· cited 47×
• Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary v. QLT Phototherapeutics, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2005-06-16· cited 43×
• Caggiano v. Marchegiano
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1951-07-02· cited 41×
• Held v. Zamparelli
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1982-03-02· cited 24×
• Nassif v. Boston & Maine Railroad
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1960-03-15· cited 21×
• Unnamed case
  First Circuit· 2005-06-16· cited 20×
• Lessley v. Hardage
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1986-10-31· cited 20×
• Gibson Foundation, Inc. v. Norris
  First Circuit· 2023-12-04· cited 20×
• Slade Gorton & Co. Inc. v. O'NEIL
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1968-12-03· cited 19×
• Moore v. La-Z-Boy, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 2009-07-31· cited 19×
• JRY CORP. v. LeRoux
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1984-05-30· cited 17×
• Gattineri v. Wynn MA, LLC
  First Circuit· 2023-03-22· cited 17×
• Delorafano v. Delafano
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1956-03-07· cited 15×
• Maloney v. BOSTON DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1953-03-03· cited 12×
• Swartz v. Schering-Plough Corp.
  D. Massachusetts· 1999-06-17· cited 12×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Silver v. Graves
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1911-09-06· cited 68×
• Geo. W. Wilcox, Inc. v. Shell Eastern Petroleum Products, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1933-06-28· cited 55×
• Weiner v. Pictorial Paper Package Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1939-05-03· cited 53×
• Von Reitzenstein v. Tomlinson
  New York Court of Appeals· 1928-07-19· cited 29×
• Noble v. Joseph Burnett Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1911-03-01· cited 29×
• Ferris v. Boston & Maine Railroad
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1935-09-11· cited 28×
• Fenton v. Federal Street Building Trust
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1942-01-26· cited 23×
• Evers v. Gilfoil
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1924-01-02· cited 22×
• Brennan v. Employers Liability Assurance Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1913-01-28· cited 20×
• Eno v. Prime Manufacturing Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1943-10-29· cited 20×
• Greene v. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1926-05-25· cited 18×
• Read v. McKeague
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1925-04-17· cited 11×
• Michael Chevrolet, Inc. v. Institution for Savings
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1947-04-05· cited 11×
• Leverone v. Leverone
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1915-01-13· cited 2×
• Thall v. Berkowitz
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1928-11-28· cited 1×