Ethyl Corp. v. Balter

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that “a cause of action for interference does not exist against one who is himself a party to the contract allegedly interfered with”
• “[S]o long as improper means are not employed, activities taken to safeguard or promote one’s own financial, and contractual interests are entirely non-actionable.”
• no claim for interference with contract because the alleged interference was consequential and only indirectly caused the termination of the contract at issue
• \There is no such thing as a cause of action for interference which is only ... consequentially effected.\
• a cause of action for tortious interference does not exist against one who is himself a party to the business relationship with which there has allegedly been interference
• “So long as improper means are not employed, activities taken to safeguard or promote one’s own financial, and contractual interests are entirely non-actionable”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Korea Supply Co. v. Lockheed Martin Corp.
  California Supreme Court· 2003-03-03· cited 855×
• Johnson Enterprises of Jacksonville, Inc. v. FPL Group, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1998-12-18· cited 270×
• K & K Management, Inc. v. Chul Woo Lee
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1989-05-16· cited 144×
• G.M. Brod & Company, Inc., a Florida Corporation, Cross-Appellant v. U.S. Home Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, Cross-Appellee
  Eleventh Circuit· 1985-05-10· cited 114×
• Louisiana ex rel. Guste v. M/V Testbank
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-02-11· cited 94×
• McCurdy v. Collis
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-06-11· cited 65×
• Buckner v. Lower Florida Keys Hosp. Dist.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-08-11· cited 63×
• Wackenhut Corp. v. Maimone
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-09-24· cited 60×
• Eclipse Medical, Inc. v. American Hydro-Surgical Instruments, Inc.
  S.D. Florida· 1999-01-20· cited 59×
• KMS Restaurant Corp. v. Wendy's International, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2004-03-04· cited 57×
• Ad-Vantage Telephone Directory Consultants, Inc., Cross v. Gte Directories Corporation, Cross-Appellee
  Eleventh Circuit· 1987-09-04· cited 56×
• Genet Co. v. Annheuser-Busch, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-12-16· cited 53×
• Palm Beach County Health Care District v. Professional Medical Education, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-07-08· cited 46×
• State of Louisiana v. Testbank
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-02-11· cited 45×
• Jarzynka v. St. Thomas University School of Law
  S.D. Florida· 2004-03-23· cited 45×
• Heavener, Ogier Services, Inc. v. RW Fla. Region
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-08-04· cited 38×
• Babbit Electronics, Inc. v. Dynascan Corp.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1994-11-25· cited 35×
• Hall v. Burger King Corp.
  S.D. Florida· 1995-11-13· cited 33×
• Williams Elec. Co., Inc. v. Honeywell, Inc.
  N.D. Florida· 1991-04-16· cited 32×
• Landry v. Hornstein
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-01-22· cited 31×

Cites

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

• DeMarco v. Publix Super Markets, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1978-06-27· cited 61×
• Symon v. J. Rolfe Davis, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1971-01-27· cited 50×
• Alario v. Miller
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1978-02-01· cited 46×
• DeMarco v. Publix Super Markets, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1980-05-01· cited 43×
• United Yacht Brokers, Inc. v. Gillespie
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1979-11-21· cited 37×
• Nitzberg v. Zalesky
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1979-04-03· cited 26×
• Babson Bros. Co. v. Allison
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1976-10-06· cited 22×
• Days v. Florida East Coast Railway Company
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1964-06-23· cited 21×
• Petit v. Cuneo
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1937-04-19· cited 21×
• Catania v. Eastern Airlines, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-02-19· cited 15×
• Balter v. Pan American Bank of Hialeah
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-04-22· cited 14×
• Serafino v. Palm Terrace Apartments, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1976-12-01· cited 14×
• Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co. v. Kearney Chemicals, Inc.
  D. Delaware· 1979-03-30· cited 14×
• Scussel v. Balter
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-07-08· cited 13×
• Coronet Development Co. v. F.S.W., Inc.
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1967-06-06· cited 13×
• Seaway Yacht Sales, Inc. v. Brunswick Corporation
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1970-12-22· cited 10×
• Berenson v. World Jai-Alai, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1979-07-17· cited 9×
• Hales v. Ashland Oil, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1977-02-01· cited 8×
• Doft & Company, Inc., a New York Corporation v. Home Federal Savings & Loan Association, a United States Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1979-04-16· cited 6×
• Paradise Shores Apt. v. Practical Maint Co.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1977-04-06· cited 6×