Jackson v. Brown

How courts have described this case

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

• abolishing action for breach of promise to marry without conducting Berry analysis even though this court had previously recognized such an action
• abolishing action for breach of promise to marry without conducting Berry analysis even though this court had previously recognized such an action
• intentional infliction of emotional distress properly pled where defendant, a married man, proposed to plaintiff, obtained a marriage license, and planned a ceremony before telling plaintiff the truth the morning of the ceremony
• describing the state-law tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress
• breaking of engagement on day of wedding
• describing the state law tort of IIED

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Craftsman Builder's Supply, Inc. v. Butler Manufacturing Co.
  Utah Supreme Court· 1999-03-05· cited 71×
• Franco v. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
  Utah Supreme Court· 2001-03-09· cited 58×
• Bennett v. Jones, Waldo, Holbrook & McDonough
  Utah Supreme Court· 2003-04-01· cited 52×
• Gilbert v. Barkes
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1999-03-25· cited 44×
• Miller v. Ratner
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1997-02-07· cited 21×
• Nguyen v. IHC HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2010-04-22· cited 11×
• Nassi v. Hatsis
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2023-01-20· cited 9×
• Hess v. Johnston
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2007-06-21· cited 7×
• Ankers v. Rodman
  D. Utah· 1997-02-28· cited 6×
• Newsome v. McKesson Corp.
  D. Utah· 1996-07-30· cited 4×
• In Re: Marsha McQuarrie Lang, Debtor. Robert F. Lang, M.D. v. Marsha McQuarrie Lang
  Tenth Circuit· 1997-01-24· cited 3×
• Wallace v. Hawk
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2025-12-18

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Samms v. Eccles
  Utah Supreme Court· 1961-01-10· cited 105×
• Hackford v. Utah Power & Light Co.
  Utah Supreme Court· 1987-06-09· cited 47×
• Norton v. MacFarlane
  Utah Supreme Court· 1991-09-12· cited 41×
• Erickson v. Schenkers International Forwarders, Inc.
  Utah Supreme Court· 1994-10-19· cited 18×