DirecTV, Inc. v. Mattingly

How courts have described this case

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

• holding a contract modification invalid where the service provider “failed to provide sufficient notice of the changes to the provisions” of the agreement at issue
• finding no modification occurred when one party merely presented a modified contract to the other, with no evidence that the receiving party accepted or knew of the changes
• reiterating cardinal principle of contract interpretation that courts will not disregard provisions of a contract unless there is no other sound way to interpret the contract
• summary judgment appropriate when only evidence of modification was presentment of modified contract, without any evidence of acceptance or knowledge of the changes
• “We never reach the questions controlled by the [Federal Arbitration Act] because we hold that there was never a valid agreement to arbitrate....”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Cheek v. United Healthcare of the Mid-Atlantic, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2003-11-13· cited 148×
• Antonia Rota-McLarty v. Santander Consumer USA, Incorporated
  Fourth Circuit· 2012-11-28· cited 116×
• Hovnanian Land Investment Group, LLC v. Annapolis Towne Centre at Parole, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2011-07-20· cited 51×
• Stone v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
  D. Maryland· 2019-01-17· cited 51×
• Kantsevoy v. Lumenr LLC
  D. Maryland· 2018-03-13· cited 45×
• Barr v. Flagstar Bank, FSB
  D. Maryland· 2018-03-27· cited 42×
• Tomran, Inc. v. Passano
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2006-02-06· cited 36×
• Questar Builders, Inc. v. CB Flooring, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2009-08-25· cited 34×
• Proctor v. Metropolitan Money Store Corp.
  D. Maryland· 2008-09-29· cited 33×
• Maryland Transportation Authority Police Lodge 34 v. Maryland Transportation Authority
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2010-09-30· cited 26×
• Plazza v. Airbnb, Inc.
  S.D. Illinois· 2018-01-26· cited 24×
• Union Planters Bank, Nat. Ass'n v. Rogers
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2005-04-28· cited 22×
• Rourke v. Amchem Products, Inc.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2003-11-04· cited 22×
• Tiffany Johnson v. Continental Finance Company, LLC
  Fourth Circuit· 2025-03-11· cited 17×
• National Union Fire Insurance v. David A. Bramble, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2005-07-21· cited 14×
• William Lyons v. PNC Bank
  Fourth Circuit· 2022-02-15· cited 6×
• Harold H. Huggins Realty, Inc. v. FNC, INC.
  D. Maryland· 2008-08-28· cited 5×
• Capital Fin., LLC v. Rosenberg
  D. Maryland· 2019-01-23· cited 3×
• Klein v. Verizon Communications, Inc.
  E.D. Virginia· 2013-01-31· cited 3×
• Young Electrical Contractors, Inc. v. Dustin Construction, Inc.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2016-12-28· cited 2×

Cites

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

• Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Shute
  Supreme Court· 1991-04-17· cited 1,405×
• General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Daniels
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1985-06-05· cited 233×
• Bausch & Lomb Inc. v. Utica Mutual Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1993-07-12· cited 190×
• Rich Hill and Enza Hill, on Behalf of a Class of Persons Similarly Situated v. Gateway 2000, Inc., and David Prais
  Seventh Circuit· 1997-02-03· cited 173×
• Dua v. Comcast Cable of Maryland, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2002-08-29· cited 135×
• Wells v. Chevy Chase Bank, F.S.B.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-03-08· cited 115×
• Bank One, N.A. v. Coates
  S.D. Mississippi· 2001-01-02· cited 106×
• Auction & Estate Representatives, Inc. v. Ashton
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-06-09· cited 92×
• Dahl v. Brunswick Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1976-05-13· cited 91×
• Suburban Hospital, Inc. v. Dwiggins
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1991-10-15· cited 90×
• Adloo v. H.T. Brown Real Estate, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1996-12-16· cited 65×
• Kendall v. Nationwide Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-11-21· cited 64×
• University National Bank v. Wolfe
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1977-03-01· cited 62×
• Board of Trustees v. Sherman
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1977-06-03· cited 60×
• Marsh v. First USA Bank, N.A.
  N.D. Texas· 2000-05-23· cited 52×
• Linz v. Schuck
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1907-06-24· cited 48×
• Allstate Insurance v. Stinebaugh
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2003-05-12· cited 46×
• Freeman v. Stanbern Construction Co.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1954-06-24· cited 44×
• Aetna Cas. & Sur. v. Ins. Comm'r
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1982-05-13· cited 42×
• United Cable Television of Baltimore Ltd. Partnership v. Burch
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-07-26· cited 42×