First Atlantic Bldg. Corp. v. Neubauer Const. Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• “It would be an anomaly to permit a party who breaches a contract to rely on the same contract to reimburse it for expenses, such as attorney’s fees, which arose out of the breach.”
• where contractor claimed both foreclosure of lien and damages for breach of contract and prevailed only on breach of contract, landowner could not be considered prevailing party for purposes of award of attorney’s fees

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Prosperi v. Code, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-11-18· cited 67×
• B & H Const. & Supply Co., Inc. v. Dist. Bd. of Trustess, Tallahassee Com. College of Fla.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1989-04-06· cited 34×
• Graphic Assoc. v. Riviana Restaurant
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-12-28· cited 29×
• Wisconsin Avenue Associates, Inc. v. 2720 Wisconsin Avenue Cooperative Ass'n
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1982-02-02· cited 29×
• Heindel v. Southside Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-09-30· cited 24×
• Frankenmuth Mutual Insurance v. Escambia County
  Eleventh Circuit· 2002-04-24· cited 16×
• Diversified Commercial Developers, Inc. v. Formrite, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-04-04· cited 13×
• Plaza Builders, Inc. v. Regis
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-12-30· cited 11×
• General Development Corp. v. John H. Gossett Const. Co.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1979-01-31· cited 11×
• Arlene B. Singer and Joel D. Joseph v. Shannon & Luchs Company
  D.C. Circuit· 1985-12-10· cited 10×
• Nico Industries, Inc. v. Steel Form Contractors, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-09-15· cited 8×
• Magee v. Bishop Signs, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-11-07· cited 8×
• McClain Co. v. Page & Wirtz Construction Co.
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1985-02-05· cited 7×
• Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Md. v. Accel, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1978-01-24· cited 6×
• Jackson v. Riley
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-02-16· cited 5×
• ROBERT A. HUGGINS GENERAL CONTR., INC. v. Willoughby
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-03-06· cited 5×
• Puya v. SUPERIOR POOLS, SPAS & WATERFALLS
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-06-08· cited 4×
• GMPF Framing, LLC v. Villages at Lake Lily Associates, LLC
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-11-02· cited 2×
• Allied Glass Corp. v. Austin Co.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-07-24· cited 1×
• Wis. Ave. Associates v. 2720 Wis. Ave., Etc.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1982-02-02

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Emery v. International Glass & Mfg., Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1971-06-16· cited 41×
• Ballard v. Krause
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1971-05-20· cited 34×
• Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. v. Taylor
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1975-08-06· cited 18×
• ORLANDO CTR PARK, INC. v. Master Door Co., Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1974-12-06· cited 2×