Nedrich v. Jones

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 claim for recovery under an implied contract was “not objectively reasonable” when the subject matter was defined by the terms of an express contract
• \examin[ing] the legal theories\ to determine if they were \warranted by existing law\
• “The law will not impose an implied contractual relationship upon parties in contravention of an express contract.”
• claim for bonus not objectively reasonable where right to receive bonus was defined by plain language
• law will not impose implied contractual relationship upon parties in contravention of express contract
• award of sanctions by trial court on eight of ten counts reversed

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

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  Fourth Circuit· 2012-04-09· cited 142×
• Justin Fessler v. IBM Corporation
  Fourth Circuit· 2020-05-14· cited 83×
• Reid v. Boyle
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2000-03-03· cited 73×
• STATION 2, LLC v. Lynch
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2010-06-10· cited 62×
• Mongold v. Woods
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2009-06-04· cited 43×
• Ford Motor Co. v. Benitez
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2007-01-12· cited 34×
• Robert & Bertha Robinson Family, LLC v. Allen
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2018-03-01· cited 33×
• Gilmore v. Finn
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2000-03-03· cited 29×
• Faulknier v. Shafer
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2002-06-07· cited 28×
• Williams & Connolly v. People
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2007-04-20· cited 20×
• Flora v. Shulmister
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2001-06-08· cited 18×
• Jordan v. Clay's Rest Home, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1997-02-28· cited 15×
• Fox v. Fox
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-06-17· cited 10×
• Parsch v. Massey
  Charlottesville County Circuit Court· 2009-11-05· cited 9×
• In re Chinese Drywall Cases
  Norfolk County Circuit Court· 2010-01-22· cited 9×
• Wellington Apartment, LLC v. Clotworthy (In Re Wellington Apartment, LLC)
  E.D. Virginia· 2006-08-24· cited 7×
• Inman v. Klockner-Pentaplast of America, Inc.
  W.D. Virginia· 2006-12-28· cited 7×
• Adair v. EQT Production Co.
  W.D. Virginia· 2017-03-29· cited 7×
• Virginia Vermiculite, Ltd. v. W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn.
  W.D. Virginia· 1997-04-22· cited 6×
• Efessiou v. Efessiou
  Fairfax County Circuit Court· 1996-11-12· cited 6×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Bowman v. State Bank of Keysville
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-06-14· cited 335×
• Chaves v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-09-06· cited 279×
• Cheatle v. Rudd's Swimming Pool Supply Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1987-10-09· cited 108×
• Glass v. Glass
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-09-07· cited 96×
• Oxenham v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1991-03-01· cited 89×
• Leonard v. Counts
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-11-26· cited 86×
• Trucking Corporation v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1966-04-25· cited 49×
• Greenspan v. Osheroff
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1986-11-26· cited 46×
• Tullidge v. Board of Supervisors
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1990-04-20· cited 45×
• Mullins v. Mingo Lime & Lumber Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1940-09-05· cited 37×
• Royer v. Board of County Supervisors
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1940-10-14· cited 29×
• Woodington Electric, Inc. v. Lincoln Savings & Loan Ass'n
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1989-11-10· cited 26×
• Hop-In Food Stores, Inc. v. Serv-N-Save, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1989-01-13· cited 19×
• County of Prince William v. Rau
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1990-04-20· cited 17×
• Campbell v. Corpening
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-09-06· cited 12×