Fischer & Porter Co. v. Porter

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

• court held that the terms “refunds” and \repayments\ contained in a sales contract were technical terms, whose full meaning is ascertained by reference to the Code section providing for NOL carrybacks
• “It is fundamental that ‘Technical terms and words of art are [to be] given their technical meaning unless the context or a usage which is applicable indicates a different meaning.’ And this rule is especially applicable where the words of art used are legal terms.”

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Cited by

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

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  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-05-29· cited 97×
• Barium Steel Corp. v. Wiley
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1954-06-28· cited 75×
• Deerhurst Estates v. Meadow Homes, Inc.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1960-11-10· cited 73×
• Estate of Pew
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-12-28· cited 63×
• Federal Insurance v. Susquehanna Broadcasting Co.
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 1989-12-21· cited 32×
• Thomas Rigging & Construction Co. v. Contraves, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-05-03· cited 23×
• Miller v. Commercial Electric Construction, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-11-16· cited 15×
• Evans v. Moffat
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1957-04-26· cited 12×
• Turney v. Allstate Insurance
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1950-07-20· cited 12×
• Framlau Corp. v. Upper Dublin School Authority Board
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-09-21· cited 12×
• Miller v. Weller
  Third Circuit· 1961-03-14· cited 11×
• Lichtenstein v. Anderson (In Re Eastern Continuous Forms, Inc.)
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2003-12-09· cited 8×
• Tax Matrix Technologies, LLC v. Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2016-01-07· cited 8×
• Armco Inc. v. Glenfed Financial Corp.
  D. New Jersey· 1989-08-08· cited 6×
• Slater Corp. v. South Carolina Tax Commission
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1984-03-02· cited 5×
• Allegheny Energy, Inc. v. DQE, Inc.
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 1999-12-03· cited 3×
• Emor, Inc. v. Cyprus Mines Corp.
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 1970-12-01· cited 3×
• Hiriam Hicks, Inc. v. Synagro WWT, LLC
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2012-05-31· cited 2×
• Sirianni v. General Motors Corp.
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 1970-06-12· cited 2×

Other cases named Fischer & Porter Co. v. Porter

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Fischer & Porter Co. v. Porter
  Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas· 1948-10-22