Johnson v. Gilbert

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that the two owners \could not agree\ and a \deadlock ensued\
• contract providing for “transfer of land from one partner or joint venturer to another is within the Statute of Frauds”
• plaintiff 50% shareholders had standing to sue both derivatively and directly for specific performance, breach of fiduciary duty, and for an accounting, because the closely held corporation operated more as partners than in strict compliance with corporate form
• plaintiff 50% shareholders had standing to sue both derivatively and directly for specific performance, breach of fiduciary duty, and for an accounting, because the closely held corporation operated more as partners than in strict compliance with corporate form
• “part performance does not apply where money damages are sought”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Landstrom v. Shaver
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1997-03-12· cited 83×
• Olympic Holding Co., L.L.C. v. ACE Ltd.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2009-05-07· cited 79×
• Brewster of Lynchburg, Incorporated v. Dial Corporation
  Fourth Circuit· 1994-08-29· cited 47×
• Hames v. Cravens
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1998-04-09· cited 44×
• Albers v. Edelson Technology Partners L.P.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2001-09-04· cited 31×
• Arnold & Associates, Inc. v. Misys Healthcare Systems
  D. Arizona· 2003-08-04· cited 30×
• Dooley Corvallas Development Corp. v. O'Brien
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2010-12-28· cited 23×
• Brown v. Brown
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1999-07-07· cited 17×
• Lightsey v. Marshall
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1999-10-05· cited 13×
• Todd v. Zaldo
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1991-02-11· cited 10×
• Gunsorek v. Heartland Bank
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 1997-12-31· cited 10×
• Davis v. Hamm
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1989-09-05· cited 9×
• Gemstar Ltd. v. Ernst & Young
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1995-02-14· cited 7×
• Edwards v. Hauff
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1984-03-26· cited 7×
• MH Investment Co. v. Transamerica Title Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1989-12-21· cited 6×
• Wessin v. Archives Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1998-09-30· cited 6×
• Wichansky v. Zowine
  D. Arizona· 2015-12-11· cited 6×
• Western Chance No. 2, Inc. v. KFC Corp.
  D. Arizona· 1990-01-31· cited 3×
• Quimby v. Myers
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2005-11-09· cited 3×
• Simon v. Mann
  D. Nevada· 2005-06-15· cited 2×

Other cases named Johnson v. Gilbert

5 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Johnson v. Gilbert
  Court of Appeals of Wisconsin· 2009-02-12
• Johnson v. Gilbert
  New York Supreme Court· 1876-12-15
• Johnson v. Gilbert
  Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors· 1843-01-15
• Johnson v. Gilbert
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1973-11-20
• Johnson v. Gilbert
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1866-12-15