Penzell v. Taylor

How courts have described this case

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

• denying relief because the custom in both the industry and the employer’s company was that agent did not earn a commission until the advertisements ran
• finding no viable breach of contract claim based on party’s statement that it would use “best efforts, as this phrase “is too indefinite and uncertain to be an enforceable standard.”
• employer’s closing of an office and termination of all employees in that office constituted sufficient cause for dismissal of employee with guaranteed salary
• all “material terms and conditions” must be ascertainable for an enforceable agreement to be created
• statements regarding future events or circumstances are not a basis for fraud

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Barille v. Sears Roebuck and Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1997-06-06· cited 72×
• S. Donald Valenti and Patricia Valenti v. Qualex, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1992-08-07· cited 67×
• Wagner Excello Foods, Inc. v. Fearn International, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-09-04· cited 51×
• White Pearl Inversiones S.A. v. Cemusa, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2011-07-26· cited 31×
• Kary v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1996-01-05· cited 19×
• Girsberger v. Kresz
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1993-12-27· cited 16×
• Koules v. Euro-American Arbitrage, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1998-01-05· cited 14×
• Solow v. Northwest Airlines, Inc. (In Re Midway Airlines, Inc.)
  N.D. Illinois· 1995-03-10· cited 12×
• Empire Indus. Inc. v. Winslyn Indus., LLC
  E.D. Illinois· 2018-06-21· cited 9×
• Crossroads Ford Truck Sales v. Sterling Truck Corporation
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2010-11-23· cited 8×
• Solo Sales, Inc. v. North America OMCG, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1998-11-05· cited 5×
• Barille v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1997-06-06

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Steinberg v. Chicago Medical School
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1977-12-12· cited 481×
• Redarowicz v. Ohlendorf
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1982-06-18· cited 306×
• Glazewski v. Coronet Insurance Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1985-10-03· cited 119×
• Kraftco Corp. v. Koblus
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1971-10-08· cited 53×
• Heuvelman v. Triplett Electrical Instrument Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1959-11-18· cited 50×
• Martin-Trigona v. Bloomington Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1981-11-10· cited 38×
• Technical Representatives, Inc. v. Richardson-Merrell, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1982-07-06· cited 35×
• Madison Associates v. Bass
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1987-06-17· cited 28×
• Scheduling Corp. of America v. Massello
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1987-01-13· cited 25×
• Goodman v. Motor Products Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1956-03-12· cited 22×
• Casteel v. Smith
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1982-10-20· cited 19×
• Gross Valentino Printing Co. v. Clarke
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1983-12-27· cited 15×
• Magid Manufacturing Co. v. U.S.D. Corp.
  N.D. Illinois· 1987-01-29· cited 11×
• Jackson v. Reliable Paste and Chemical Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1985-09-13· cited 5×
• Anna Jaques Hospital v. Attorney General
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1960-06-08· cited 5×