Gulf Const. Co., Inc. v. Self

How courts have described this case

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

• in absence of limiting clause, whether contract provision is condition precedent must be gathered from contract as whole and parties’ intent
• “We hold that the [clause] merely provides a covenant dealing with ‘terms of payment’ or ‘manner of payment’ rather than a condition precedent.”
• “it is a rule of construction that a forfeiture, by finding a condition precedent, is to be avoided when possible under another reasonable reading of the contract”
• prejudgment interest can be awarded as damages under equitable principles

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Blakeslee Arpaia Chapman, Inc. v. EI Constructors, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-01-21· cited 125×
• HECI Exploration Co. v. Clajon Gas Co.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1993-01-13· cited 87×
• Interstate Contracting Corp. v. City of Dallas
  Texas Supreme Court· 2004-04-16· cited 68×
• MidAmerica Construction Management, Inc. v. MasTec North America, Inc.
  Tenth Circuit· 2006-02-08· cited 61×
• Calpine Producer Services v. Wiser Oil Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2005-08-17· cited 61×
• City of Alamo v. Garcia
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1994-06-09· cited 60×
• Yaklin v. Glusing, Sharpe & Krueger
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1994-03-24· cited 46×
• Cedyco Corp. v. PetroQuest Energy, LLC
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-08-17· cited 41×
• II Deerfield Ltd. Partnership v. Henry Building, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2001-03-07· cited 40×
• Shutts v. Phillips Petroleum Co.
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1987-02-25· cited 22×
• State v. Reina
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2007-02-20· cited 16×
• Powers v. Powers
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1986-06-26· cited 13×
• R.C. Small & Associates, Inc. v. Southern Mechanical, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1987-04-10· cited 12×
• State Bar of Texas v. Grossenbacher
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1989-12-27· cited 8×
• Sturges v. System Parking, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1992-06-18· cited 5×
• FAULKNERUSA, LP v. Alaron Supply Co., Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2010-07-28· cited 5×
• Lafayette Steel Erectors, Inc. v. Roy Anderson Corp.
  S.D. Mississippi· 1997-11-14· cited 4×
• Sharp v. Machry
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-05-07· cited 3×
• Menendez v. Texas Commerce Bank, McAllen, N.A.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1987-03-05· cited 2×
• Jay-Ton Construction Co. v. Bowen Construction Services, Inc.
  Portsmouth County Circuit Court· 2003-08-13· cited 2×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hohenberg Bros. Co. v. George E. Gibbons & Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1976-05-12· cited 309×
• Republic National Bank of Dallas v. Northwest National Bank of Fort Worth
  Texas Supreme Court· 1979-03-07· cited 256×
• Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Stahl Petroleum Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1978-06-21· cited 165×
• Sirtex Oil Industries, Inc. v. Erigan
  Texas Supreme Court· 1966-06-01· cited 80×
• The Thos. J. Dyer Company v. Bishop International Engineering Company and General Insurance Company of America
  Sixth Circuit· 1962-05-30· cited 75×
• Schwarz-Jordan, Inc. of Houston v. Delisle Construction Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1978-07-19· cited 53×
• Keller Industries, Inc. v. Reeves
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1983-07-20· cited 35×
• Mignot v. Parkhill
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1964-04-29· cited 34×
• Miles v. Royal Indemnity Co.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1979-10-22· cited 34×
• Wisznia v. Wilcox
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1969-02-27· cited 34×
• Larcon Petroleum, Inc. v. Autotronic Systems, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1979-01-17· cited 33×
• New v. First National Bank of Midland
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1971-11-24· cited 20×
• Peter Salpeter Energy Co., Inc. v. Crystal Oil Co.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1975-05-22· cited 15×
• Thompson v. Kirkland
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1967-12-05· cited 12×
• Thompson v. Graham
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1958-10-24· cited 12×
• Prickett v. Lendell Builders, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1978-09-07· cited 3×