Gaines v. Crompton & Knowles Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that in breach of contract action, injured party’s recovery was not limited to net profits lost through breaching party’s conduct, but that injured party could also recover damages for loss of customers
• recognizing claim for conspiracy to breach contract
• alleged merger clause invalid because it merely provided that the agreement was the entire agreement of the parties and did not purport to merge any prior representations
• fraud extrinsic to the contract

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Authentic Architectural Millworks, Inc. v. SCM Group USA, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-08-20· cited 45×
• Patray v. Northwest Publishing, Inc.
  S.D. Georgia· 1996-06-13· cited 34×
• McMillian v. McMillian
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-07-12· cited 22×
• Multimedia Technologies, Inc. v. Wilding
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-07-15· cited 17×
• Williams Tile & Marble Co. v. Ra-Lin & Associates, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-12-01· cited 15×
• Backus Cadillac-Pontiac, Inc. v. Ernest
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-04-27· cited 14×
• James v. Tyler
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-12-05· cited 14×
• First Financial Insurance Co. v. Rainey
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-04-11· cited 12×
• Chhina Family Partnership, L.P. v. S-K Group of Motels, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-10-13· cited 12×
• Meadow River Lumber Co. v. University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-06-30· cited 9×
• Williamson v. Palmer
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-02-25· cited 5×
• Little Sky, Inc. v. Rybka
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-12-01· cited 4×
• Mullinax v. Doughtie
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-09-04· cited 4×
• Scriver v. Lister
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-11-30· cited 4×
• Tracy Young v. Manning M. \Chip\ Goldsmith, III
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-09-12
• HANK \BO\ ROWE D/B/A SHELLMAR TREE SERVICE v. HOWARD L. TYSON
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-10-12
• WILLIAM T. MULLALLY v. CU CAPITAL MARKET SOLUTIONS, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2026-06-05

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Luke v. DuPree
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1924-07-19· cited 85×
• Williams v. Kennedy
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-11-08· cited 42×
• Haynes v. Hoffman
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1982-10-18· cited 40×
• State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Morgan
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-11-20· cited 36×
• Cash v. Street & Trail, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1975-10-21· cited 26×
• Bennett v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-04-29· cited 26×
• Vinson v. E. W. Buschman Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1984-09-18· cited 18×
• Chafin v. Wesley Homes, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-02-01· cited 15×
• DeLoach v. General Motors
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-04-12· cited 12×
• Heyman v. Financial Properties Developers, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-05-30· cited 11×
• Lockard v. Davis
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-12-05· cited 9×
• Reid v. Bryant
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1959-09-09· cited 9×
• Atlanta Car for Hire Assn. v. Whited
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-07-09· cited 7×
• Spearman v. Flanders
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1977-10-13· cited 6×
• ITT Terryphone Corp. v. Tri-State Steel Drum, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-04-08· cited 5×
• Lovell v. Deptartment of Transportation
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-05-26· cited 1×