Hoffman v. Red Owl Stores, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• “[T]he doctrine of promissory estoppel was invoked as a substitute for consideration rendering a gratuitous promise enforceable as a contract.”
• “The wrong [alleged in the promissory estoppel claim] is not primarily in depriving the plaintiff of the promised reward but in causing the plaintiff to change position to his detriment.” (internal quotation marks omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Barry C. Cosgrove, Cross-Appellee v. Joseph Bartolotta and Mary-Bart, Llc, Doing Business as Bartolotta's Lake Park Bistro
  Seventh Circuit· 1998-07-22· cited 395×
• Skycom Corporation and Gerald M. Walters v. Telstar Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1987-03-17· cited 161×
• All-Tech Telecom, Inc. v. Amway Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1999-04-07· cited 127×
• PREP Tours Inc. v. American Youth Soccer Org.
  First Circuit· 2019-01-08· cited 115×
• Producciones Tommy Muñiz, Inc. v. Comité Organizador de los VIII Juegos Panamericanos (COPAN)
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1982-11-09· cited 111×
• State Bank of Standish v. Curry
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1993-04-13· cited 105×
• Schade v. Diethrich
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1988-09-20· cited 96×
• Banas v. Matthews International Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-12-20· cited 93×
• Newton Tractor Sales, Inc. v. Kubota Tractor Corp.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2009-04-02· cited 93×
• Loranger Construction Corp. v. E. F. Hauserman Co.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1978-03-23· cited 72×
• Vigoda v. Denver Urban Renewal Authority
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1982-06-07· cited 67×
• Ruud v. Great Plains Supply, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1995-01-20· cited 65×
• Tiffany Incorporated v. WMK Transit Mix, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1972-02-09· cited 63×
• Chrysler Corp. v. Chaplake Holdings, Ltd.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2003-05-09· cited 63×
• Cohen v. Cowles Media Co.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1992-03-17· cited 62×
• Jones v. Denver Public Schools
  Tenth Circuit· 2005-11-02· cited 59×
• Lindquist Ford, Inc. v. Middleton Motors, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2009-03-18· cited 55×
• Chevy Chase Bank, FSB v. Briese (In Re Briese)
  W.D. Wisconsin· 1996-05-06· cited 55×
• Janke Construction Company, Inc. v. Vulcan Materials Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1976-01-06· cited 54×
• Monetti, S.P.A., and Melform U.S.A., Inc. v. Anchor Hocking Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1991-05-01· cited 52×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Drennan v. Star Paving Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1958-12-31· cited 140×
• Schafer v. Fraser Et Ux
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1956-02-25· cited 60×
• Chrysler Corp. v. Quimby
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1958-04-30· cited 42×
• Feinberg v. Pfeiffer Company
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1959-03-17· cited 41×
• Peoples National Bank v. Linebarger Construction Co.
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1951-05-28· cited 37×
• Flamingo v. City of Waukesha
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1952-10-07· cited 19×
• Hook v. Southern California Waiters Alliance
  California Court of Appeal· 1958-03-20· cited 16×