Johnson v. Johnson

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that prefatory recitations contained in various “whereas” clauses are not binding, operative provisions to an otherwise unambiguous contract

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Whetstone Candy Co. v. Kraft Foods, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2003-11-25· cited 59×
• Rose v. M/V \GULF STREAM FALCON\
  Eleventh Circuit· 1999-08-31· cited 38×
• David Peery v. City of Miami
  Eleventh Circuit· 2020-10-01· cited 22×
• Demorais v. Wisniowski
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2004-02-24· cited 13×
• Orlando Lake Forest Joint Venture v. Lake Forest Master Community
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-01-25· cited 5×
• Manas v. Manas
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-04-14· cited 4×
• Ponce v. Ponce
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-10-15· cited 4×
• Walker v. Walker
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-10-09· cited 4×
• Joye v. Jones
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-07-13· cited 3×
• Estate of Tobias ex rel. Tobias v. Barnaby
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-01-16· cited 3×
• Bruno v. Mona Lisa at Celebration, LLC (In re Mona Lisa at Celebration, LLC)
  M.D. Florida· 2012-05-16· cited 3×
• McMahon v. CITY OF EDGEWATER, FLA.
  M.D. Florida· 1999-01-20· cited 2×
• Hurtado v. Spanish Broadcasting System of Delaware, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-05-04· cited 2×
• Zarrella v. Pacific Life Insurance
  S.D. Florida· 2011-10-25· cited 1×
• Adams v. Adams
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-06-14· cited 1×
• In re Estate of Glenda Joyce Panter Hillis
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2016-02-25
• ALEJANDRO QUINTAS VAZQUEZ v. AILYN M. REBAZA SMITH
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2021-02-03
• BPI SPORTS, LLC, etc. v. FLORIDA SUPPLEMENT LLC, etc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2022-02-09
• Westchester Fire Insurance Co. v. Bruno (In re Mona Lisa at Celebration, LLC)
  M.D. Florida· 2013-06-21
• City of Gainesville, Florida D/B/A Gainesville Regional Utilities v. Parkwood Alachua Land Investments, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-10-01

Cites

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

• Canakaris v. Canakaris
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1980-03-27· cited 2,288×
• Shaw v. Shaw
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1976-05-12· cited 487×
• Golden West Baseball Co. v. City of Anaheim
  California Court of Appeal· 1994-05-24· cited 105×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-04-09· cited 73×
• Waldman v. Waldman
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-02-16· cited 39×
• Seitz v. Seitz
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-06-18· cited 37×
• Ballantyne v. Ballantyne
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-01-08· cited 35×
• Ugarte v. Ugarte
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-09-22· cited 28×
• Levitt v. Levitt
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-08-27· cited 26×
• Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company v. Metron Engineering and Construction Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1996-05-13· cited 23×
• Bucci v. Bucci
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1977-09-13· cited 23×
• KMS Fusion, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 1996-06-26· cited 16×
• Engineered Data Products, Inc. v. Nova Office Furniture, Inc.
  D. Colorado· 1994-04-27· cited 10×
• The Northern Trust Co. v. King
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1942-02-27· cited 10×
• Olympic Chevrolet, Inc. v. General Motors Corp.
  N.D. Illinois· 1997-03-28· cited 9×
• Cornett v. Cornett
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-07-17· cited 8×
• Cameron v. Cameron
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-11-29· cited 7×
• Mead v. Mead
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1967-01-10· cited 6×
• Anderson v. Anderson
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-06-26· cited 6×
• Department of Revenue v. Sun Bank
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-01-18· cited 4×