McElroy v. Boise Cascade Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a salesperson’s statement that a builder knew how to construct a product was not false merely because the builder failed to do so later
• “Puffing or other sales talk is generally not actionable.” (citation omitted)
• defendant’s statement that he had the skills and knowledge to construct plaintiffs house according to plaintiffs specifications did not constitute a misrepresentation merely because defendant ultimately did not do so

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Florenzano v. Olson
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1986-05-09· cited 154×
• James Paul Doherty, Plaintiff-Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Southern College of Optometry, Defendant-Appellee/cross-Appellant
  Sixth Circuit· 1989-02-03· cited 147×
• Wegad v. Howard Street Jewelers, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1992-04-28· cited 61×
• Lord v. Saratoga Capital, Inc.
  W.D. Tennessee· 1995-11-14· cited 50×
• Farmers & Merchants Bank v. Petty
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1983-09-30· cited 32×
• Omega Engineering, Inc. v. Eastman Kodak Co.
  D. Connecticut· 1995-12-01· cited 26×
• Coleman v. General Electric Co.
  E.D. Tennessee· 1986-06-23· cited 24×
• Shelby v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.
  M.D. Tennessee· 1993-01-20· cited 20×
• Estate of Braswell Ex Rel. Braswell v. People's Credit Union
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1992-01-21· cited 19×
• Permobil, Inc. v. American Express Travel Related Services Co.
  M.D. Tennessee· 2008-08-06· cited 16×
• Andersons, Inc. v. Consol, Inc.
  N.D. Ohio· 2001-01-25· cited 15×
• Brown v. Brown
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1993-07-02· cited 14×
• Kroger v. Legalbill.Com LLC
  District of Columbia· 2006-07-06· cited 11×
• S & H Computer Systems, Inc. v. SAS Institute, Inc.
  M.D. Tennessee· 1983-07-25· cited 9×
• Dhanda v. Tri M. Ltd.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1987-09-16· cited 8×
• Harris v. Nationwide Mut. Fire Ins. Co.
  M.D. Tennessee· 2019-02-15· cited 8×
• Keller v. West-Morr Investors, Ltd.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1988-12-07· cited 6×
• Power & Telephone Supply Co. v. Suntrust Banks, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 2006-05-17· cited 6×
• DeWane v. McGinty (In Re McGinty)
  N.D. Mississippi· 2000-12-21· cited 2×
• McConkey v. McGhan Medical Corp.
  E.D. Tennessee· 2000-07-06· cited 2×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Merriman v. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1979-08-22· cited 161×
• Fowler v. Happy Goodman Family
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1978-12-29· cited 144×
• Haynes v. Cumberland Builders, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1976-09-03· cited 126×
• Brungard v. Caprice Records, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1980-09-10· cited 81×
• Tartera v. Palumbo
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1970-05-04· cited 81×
• Jasper Aviation, Inc. v. McCollum Aviation, Inc.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1972-06-05· cited 41×
• Isaacs v. Bokor
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1978-05-01· cited 33×
• Cumberland Portland Cement Co. v. Reconstruction Finance Corp.
  E.D. Tennessee· 1953-11-17· cited 25×
• Hunt v. Walker
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1972-02-07· cited 23×
• Ralph Rogers & Company, Inc. v. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Reconstruction Finance Corporation v. Cumberland Portland Cement Company
  Sixth Circuit· 1956-04-12· cited 21×
• Sunderhaus v. Perel & Lowenstein
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1965-03-04· cited 21×
• Hood v. Waldrum
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1968-03-29· cited 17×
• Springer v. Bank of Douglas
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1957-06-25· cited 12×
• Walters ex rel. Walters v. Glidwell
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1978-05-24· cited 6×