Hesston Corp. v. Roche

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that only if a contract could not possibly be performed within one year would it fall within the statute
• “Only if. a contract could not possibly be performed within one, year would it fall within the statute.”
• “a promise to employ someone for five years, two years, or even thirteen months has to be in writing in order to be enforceable, but a promise to employ someone for their entire life does not” since time of death is uncertain

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Eclipse Medical, Inc. v. American Hydro-Surgical Instruments, Inc.
  S.D. Florida· 1999-01-20· cited 59×
• Golden v. Complete Holdings, Inc.
  M.D. Florida· 1993-04-08· cited 28×
• Smith v. Royal Automotive Group, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-05-03· cited 24×
• Rubenstein v. Primedica Healthcare, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-03-29· cited 18×
• Aspsoft, Inc. v. WebClay
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-06-13· cited 18×
• Thomas J. Merlo v. United Way of America, and Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company
  Fourth Circuit· 1994-12-22· cited 14×
• Elliot v. Winslow
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-07-21· cited 3×
• Browning v. Poirier
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-03-08· cited 2×
• Loper v. Weather Shield Manufacturing, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-06-24
• Ortiz v. Rose Printing Co.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-11-09
• Liff v. City of Cocoa
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-11-05

Cites

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

• Rowe v. Montgomery Ward & Co.
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1991-08-02· cited 167×
• Muller v. Stromberg Carlson Corp.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-02-16· cited 72×
• Tanenbaum v. Biscayne Osteopathic Hospital, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1966-09-28· cited 64×
• Fregara v. Jet Aviation Business Jets
  D. New Jersey· 1991-05-28· cited 50×
• Yost v. Early
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1991-05-14· cited 48×
• Aberman v. Malden Mills Industries, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1987-11-10· cited 37×
• Moody v. Bogue
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 1981-06-30· cited 31×
• Ladesic v. Servomation Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1986-01-29· cited 28×
• Ostman v. Lawn
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1974-12-31· cited 25×
• Scott v. Lane
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1982-01-22· cited 23×
• Rowland v. Ewell
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1965-04-07· cited 23×
• First Realty Inv. Corp. v. Gallaher
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1977-05-03· cited 20×
• Hope v. National Airlines
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1957-12-05· cited 19×
• Hamlen v. Fairchild Industries, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-04-15· cited 17×
• Freshwater v. Vetter
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-09-04· cited 16×
• Schenkel v. Atlantic National Bank of Jacksonville
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1962-05-17· cited 15×
• All Brand Importers, Inc. v. Tampa Crown Distributors, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1989-01-30· cited 13×
• Byam v. Klopcich
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-08-15· cited 11×
• Johnson v. Edwards
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-11-15· cited 8×
• Chatelier v. Robertson
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1960-02-24· cited 7×