Darlington v. General Electric

How courts have described this case

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

• indicating that additional consideration may be sufficient when individual must move his family to commence a new employment position
• indicating that additional consideration may be sufficient when individual must move his family to commence a new employment position
• [determining that] no public policy exception to at-will employment doctrine found even though employee was discharged unfairly in that he was not afforded the opportunity to defend himself against allegations of accounting irregularities
• tracing recognition of employment at-will doctrine in Pennsylvania to Henry v. Pittsburgh & Lake Erie R.R. Co., 139 Pa. 289, 21 A. 157 (1891)
• tracing recognition of employment at-will doctrine in Pennsylvania to Henry v. Pittsburg & Lake Erie R.R. Co., 139 Pa. 289, 21 A. 157 (1891)
• tracing recognition of employment at-will doctrine in Pennsylvania to Henry v. Pittsburgh & Lake Erie R.R. Co., 139 Pa. 289, 21 A. 157 (1891)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Leroy D. Schoch v. First Fidelity Bancorporation and Industrial Valley Title Insurance Company
  First Circuit· 1990-08-27· cited 417×
• Charles Harris v. Green Tree Financial Corporation
  Third Circuit· 1999-07-01· cited 270×
• Fred Piecknick v. Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania
  Third Circuit· 1994-09-30· cited 259×
• Braun v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-06-10· cited 173×
• Rowe v. Montgomery Ward & Co.
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1991-08-02· cited 167×
• Carlson, David v. Arnot-Ogden Memorial Hospital
  Third Circuit· 1990-11-05· cited 144×
• Greene v. Oliver Realty, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-03-30· cited 141×
• Stephan v. Waldron Electric Heating & Cooling LLC
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-09-19· cited 119×
• Veno v. Meredith
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-09-22· cited 100×
• Krajsa v. Keypunch, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-03-22· cited 96×
• Rutherfoord v. Presbyterian-University Hospital
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-07-14· cited 94×
• Hunger v. Grand Central Sanitation
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-01-18· cited 91×
• Walden v. Saint Gobain Corp.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2004-06-30· cited 91×
• Yetterant v. Ward Trucking Corp.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-01-18· cited 78×
• Stumpp v. Stroudsburg Municipal Authority
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-05-16· cited 75×
• Nix v. Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-09-06· cited 73×
• Robertson v. Atlantic Richfield Petroleum Products Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-12-21· cited 70×
• Karen Lee Woodson v. Amf Leisureland Centers, Inc
  Third Circuit· 1988-03-22· cited 61×
• Cashdollar v. Mercy Hospital
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-06-24· cited 59×
• Curran v. Children's Service Center of Wyoming County, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-08-09· cited 57×

Cites

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

• Toussaint v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1980-06-10· cited 786×
• Thompson v. St. Regis Paper Company
  Washington Supreme Court· 1984-07-05· cited 536×
• Geary v. United States Steel Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-03-25· cited 514×
• Pierce v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1980-07-28· cited 501×
• Weiner v. McGraw-Hill, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1982-11-18· cited 482×
• Magnan v. Anaconda Industries, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-07-03· cited 437×
• Pine River State Bank v. Mettille
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1983-04-29· cited 418×
• Emra Joseph Bonham v. Dresser Industries, Inc., a Corporation
  Third Circuit· 1978-01-26· cited 290×
• Woolley v. Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1985-05-09· cited 287×
• Reuther v. Fowler & Williams, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-04-28· cited 242×
• Yaindl v. Ingersoll-Rand Co. Standard Pump-Aldrich Division
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-10-31· cited 189×
• John Novosel v. Nationwide Insurance Company
  Third Circuit· 1983-12-19· cited 183×
• Clare R. Bruffett v. Warner Communications, Inc
  Third Circuit· 1982-11-08· cited 179×
• Wisconsin & Michigan Railway Co. v. Powers
  Supreme Court· 1903-11-30· cited 167×
• Atkins v. Urban Redevelopment Authority
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-04-30· cited 129×
• Robert W. Perks v. The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
  Third Circuit· 1979-12-31· cited 121×
• Henry v. Pittsb. Etc. R.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1891-01-05· cited 112×
• Banas v. Matthews International Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-12-20· cited 93×
• Rossi v. Pennsylvania State University
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-03-01· cited 86×
• Aaron Bravman v. Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc. And Bassett Mirror Co., Inc
  Third Circuit· 1977-03-23· cited 85×