Kohn v. Kohn

How courts have described this case

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

• ruling that the term “alimony” was latently ambiguous in a marital settlement agreement when (1) numerous express provisions in the agreement implied that “alimony” meant child support payments, (2
• parol evidence admitted to resolve ambiguity where the term “alimony” may have been intended to include child support
• parol evidence may resolve an ambiguity if the meaning of a term is unclear; however, parol evidence may not alter the terms of the contract
• extrinsic evidence employed to construe latent ambiguity

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Daset Mining Corp. v. Industrial Fuels Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-03-02· cited 128×
• Metzger v. Clifford Realty Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-04-06· cited 102×
• Z & L LUMBER OF ATLASBURG v. Nordquist
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-12-31· cited 59×
• Bondy v. Levy
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1992-03-31· cited 52×
• Baney v. Eoute
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-09-04· cited 51×
• Litwack v. Litwack
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-08-07· cited 49×
• D'Huy v. D'Huy
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-01-23· cited 39×
• Frank v. Frank
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-03-07· cited 38×
• Gocek v. Gocek
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-07-13· cited 26×
• Sabertooth, LLC v. Simons (In Re Sabertooth, LLC)
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2011-01-18· cited 14×
• Lohmann v. Piczon
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-01-30· cited 14×
• In Re Chateaugay Corp.
  S.D. New York· 1990-07-11· cited 13×
• NWI Orthodontics, P.C. v. Bell (In re Bell)
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2013-09-18· cited 11×
• Delaware River Port Authority v. Thornburgh
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-01-24· cited 8×
• Rosenberg v. Rosenberg
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-11-18· cited 8×
• LTV Corp. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
  S.D. New York· 1990-07-11· cited 8×
• Genie Trucking Line, Inc. v. American Home Assurance Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-04-24· cited 2×
• Sunbeam Corp. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
  Alleghany County Court of Common Pleas· 1997-04-02· cited 1×
• Mar-Paul Co. v. Jim Thorpe Area School District
  Carbon County Court of Common Pleas· 2008-07-31· cited 1×
• Jenkins v. Jenkins
  Monroe County Court of Common Pleas· 2004-10-25· cited 1×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commissioner v. Lester
  Supreme Court· 1961-05-22· cited 348×
• Easton v. Washington County Insurance
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1957-10-07· cited 124×
• Unit Vending Corp. v. Lacas
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-04-16· cited 79×
• Castellucci v. Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-09-19· cited 21×
• Benjamin and Alice Fox v. United States
  Third Circuit· 1975-02-14· cited 20×
• Sharp v. McKelvey
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1961-09-12· cited 14×
• Feinberg v. Automobile Banking Corporation
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1973-01-30· cited 10×
• Herre Bros. v. Rhoads
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1966-09-15· cited 5×