Gerstacker v. Blum Consulting Engineers, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• employment contract for as long as the employee’s performance was satisfactory would be fully completed when employee’s performance became unsatisfactory
• employment contract for as long as the employee’s performance was satisfactory would be fully completed when employee’s performance became unsatisfactory
• contract for sale of real estate not enforceable unless promise or agreement, or memorandum of it, is in writing and signed by person to be charged with promise or agreement
• “Where the term of performance is uncertain such as a contract that merely provides for the performance of a particular act that can conceivably be performed within one year, [the statute of frauds] does not apply.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Exxon Corp. v. Breezevale Ltd.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2002-04-04· cited 187×
• Frost National Bank v. Burge
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2000-11-09· cited 133×
• West Beach Marina, Ltd. v. Erdeljac
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2002-12-05· cited 124×
• Swinehart v. Stubbeman, McRae, Sealy, Laughlin & Browder, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2001-06-07· cited 65×
• Floors Unlimited, Inc., D/B/A First Floors v. Fieldcrest Cannon, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1995-06-15· cited 57×
• Holloway, Clay M. v. Dekkers, Gideon and Twin Lakes Golf Course, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2012-09-18· cited 53×
• Coastal Cement Sand Inc. v. First Interstate Credit Alliance, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 1997-12-23· cited 49×
• Berryman's South Fork, Inc. and Richard Berryman v. J. Baxter Brinkmann Internationial Corporation
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2013-11-20· cited 40×
• Metromarketing Services, Inc. v. HTT Headwear, Ltd.
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2000-03-02· cited 39×
• Cuidado Casero Home Health of El Paso, Inc. v. Ayuda Home Health Care Services, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2013-05-22· cited 39×
• Iacono v. Lyons
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2000-04-24· cited 35×
• Young v. Ward
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 1996-03-06· cited 31×
• Transcontinental Realty Investors, Inc. v. John T. Lupton Trust
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2009-05-29· cited 17×
• Kalmus, Michael v. Oliver, Ella and Financial Necessities Network Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2012-11-20· cited 17×
• David McDavid Nissan, Inc. v. Subaru of America, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1999-11-30· cited 15×
• Walker v. Tafralian
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2003-05-01· cited 15×
• Ward v. Ladner
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2010-07-30· cited 14×
• James Hairston, Individually and Next Friend of E.H, a Minor v. Southern Methodist University, and Brent Erwin
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2013-04-30· cited 14×
• Tindall v. Bishop, Peterson & Sharp, P.C.
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1997-08-04· cited 9×
• Wesdem v. Illinois Tool Works
  Fifth Circuit· 2023-06-09· cited 9×

Cites

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

• Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1985-05-01· cited 7,748×
• Gulbenkian v. Penn
  Texas Supreme Court· 1952-10-01· cited 1,168×
• Brownlee v. Brownlee
  Texas Supreme Court· 1984-02-29· cited 801×
• Schroeder v. Texas Iron Works, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1991-09-18· cited 552×
• Jim Walter Homes, Inc. v. Reed
  Texas Supreme Court· 1986-05-14· cited 516×
• Hidalgo v. Surety Savings and Loan Association
  Texas Supreme Court· 1971-02-03· cited 428×
• Texas Department of Corrections v. Herring
  Texas Supreme Court· 1974-07-24· cited 404×
• \ MOORE\ BURGER, INC. v. Phillips Petroleum Company
  Texas Supreme Court· 1972-10-04· cited 397×
• Black v. Victoria Lloyds Insurance Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1990-11-14· cited 331×
• East Line & Red River Railroad v. Scott
  Texas Supreme Court· 1888-11-20· cited 307×
• Wheeler v. White
  Texas Supreme Court· 1965-11-10· cited 265×
• Miller v. Riata Cadillac Company
  Texas Supreme Court· 1974-12-30· cited 153×
• Nagle v. Nagle
  Texas Supreme Court· 1982-06-02· cited 126×
• Bratcher v. Dozier
  Texas Supreme Court· 1961-05-31· cited 97×
• Hall v. Hall
  Texas Supreme Court· 1957-12-04· cited 97×
• Americana Motel, Inc. v. Johnson
  Texas Supreme Court· 1980-12-03· cited 86×
• USX Corp. v. Salinas
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1991-09-18· cited 78×
• Webber v. M.W. Kellogg Co.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1986-09-18· cited 64×
• Niday v. Niday
  Texas Supreme Court· 1982-12-31· cited 61×
• Molder v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1983-12-29· cited 54×