Dravo Corp. v. L. W. Moses Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• courts look to the parties' agreement for evidence of the reasonable value of services
• courts look to the parties’ agreement for evidence of the reasonable value of services
• applying quantum meruit to contract implied in law
• profit included in quantum meruit computation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Young v. Young
  Washington Supreme Court· 2008-09-11· cited 191×
• Haslund v. City of Seattle
  Washington Supreme Court· 1976-03-25· cited 157×
• Seattle Professional Engineering Employees Ass'n v. Boeing Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2000-01-27· cited 85×
• Stewart v. State
  Washington Supreme Court· 1979-09-18· cited 69×
• Fairbanks North Star Borough v. Tundra Tours, Inc.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1986-05-09· cited 50×
• State v. Bailey
  Washington Supreme Court· 1990-03-22· cited 45×
• King v. Clodfelter
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1974-03-25· cited 36×
• City of Seattle v. Rainwater
  Washington Supreme Court· 1976-02-26· cited 32×
• Heaton v. Imus
  Washington Supreme Court· 1980-03-27· cited 26×
• Eaton v. Engelcke Manufacturing, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1984-05-29· cited 26×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1978-12-21· cited 25×
• Kjellman v. Richards
  Washington Supreme Court· 1973-09-13· cited 25×
• Bailie Communications, Ltd. v. Trend Business Systems
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1988-12-27· cited 23×
• United States v. Mountain States Construction Co.
  Ninth Circuit· 1978-10-26· cited 18×
• Freeman v. Intalco Aluminum Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1976-06-22· cited 15×
• Cherberg v. Peoples National Bank
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1976-04-16· cited 14×
• Rockefeller v. Standard Oil Co. of California
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1974-08-26· cited 13×
• Ducolon Mechanical, Inc. v. Shinstine/Forness, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1995-05-01· cited 12×
• Shelden v. Department of Licensing
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1993-02-11· cited 10×
• Ski Acres Development Co. v. Douglas G. Gorman, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1973-04-16· cited 10×

Cites

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

• Mall Tool Co. v. Far West Equipment Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1954-08-12· cited 107×
• Chase v. Beard
  Washington Supreme Court· 1959-11-12· cited 83×
• Bignold v. King County
  Washington Supreme Court· 1965-03-04· cited 64×
• State v. Lyskoski
  Washington Supreme Court· 1955-08-04· cited 51×
• Moore v. Mayfair Tavern, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1969-02-27· cited 33×
• Losli v. Foster
  Washington Supreme Court· 1950-10-09· cited 30×
• Lunz v. Neuman
  Washington Supreme Court· 1955-12-01· cited 27×
• State v. Scherer
  Washington Supreme Court· 1969-12-04· cited 24×
• Becker v. Tacoma Transit Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1957-08-15· cited 15×
• Hopkins v. Ulvestad
  Washington Supreme Court· 1955-04-26· cited 15×
• Peterson v. Chess
  Washington Supreme Court· 1916-08-30· cited 13×
• Hoyt v. Independent Asphalt Paving Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1909-04-26· cited 12×
• State v. Scott
  Washington Supreme Court· 1969-11-13· cited 11×
• Lano v. Osberg Construction Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1965-12-30· cited 10×
• Johnson v. Department of Labor & Industries
  Washington Supreme Court· 1955-04-14· cited 10×
• Box v. Crowther
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1970-07-21· cited 9×
• State v. Collins
  Washington Supreme Court· 1967-12-14· cited 9×
• Boespflug v. Wilson
  Washington Supreme Court· 1961-06-15· cited 8×
• Myers v. Ravenna Motors, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1970-05-04· cited 7×
• Colonial Investment Co. v. Kuhnhausen
  Washington Supreme Court· 1968-05-16· cited 7×