Pettus v. McDonald

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that an implied-in-law contract is not even a contract at all, but an obligation imposed by law to do justice
• applying standard to trial court's denial of a motion for directed verdict
• applying standard to trial court’s denial of a motion for directed verdict
• jury instructions stating abstract legal propositions without any evidentiary basis should not be given
• jury instructions stating abstract legal propositions without any evidentiary basis should not be given
• “[A]n implied-in-law contract is not even a contract at all, but an obligation imposed by law to do justice even though no promise was ever made or intended.” (emphasis added) (citing Calamari & Perillo, Contracts § 1-12 (3d ed.1987))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Belt v. Oppenheimer, Blend, Harrison & Tate, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2006-05-05· cited 101×
• Maryland Casualty Co. v. Blackstone International Ltd.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2015-04-21· cited 77×
• Bank of Eureka Springs v. Evans
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2003-06-05· cited 40×
• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Tucker
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2003-06-19· cited 34×
• D.B. Griffin Warehouse, Inc. v. Sanders
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2002-05-30· cited 34×
• Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance v. Daggett
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2003-09-25· cited 29×
• J.E. Merit Constructors, Inc. v. Cooper
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2001-05-31· cited 27×
• King v. Powell
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2004-02-25· cited 21×
• Chassels v. Krepps
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2017-12-04· cited 19×
• Jag Consulting v. Eubanks
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2002-04-24· cited 15×
• Garrison v. Hodge
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2018-11-14· cited 9×
• General Electric Co. v. Gilbert
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2002-01-30· cited 6×
• Cobren v. Anderson
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2011-06-29· cited 3×
• Eastwood v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance
  W.D. Arkansas· 2013-06-05· cited 3×
• Marlow v. United Sys. of Ark. Inc.
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2013-11-14· cited 2×
• Collins v. City of Bryant
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2013-06-19· cited 1×
• Dustin Keathley D/B/A Dsr Construction and Patsy Keathley v. Dean Halijan and Christie Halijan
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2025-11-05· cited 1×
• Unnamed case
  Texas Supreme Court· 2006-05-05
• Opinion No.
  Arkansas Attorney General Reports· 2002-10-11
• Schmidt v. Stearman
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2010-03-31

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ester v. National Home Centers, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1998-12-10· cited 81×
• Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance v. Foote
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2000-04-20· cited 80×
• Edwards v. Stills
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1998-12-21· cited 70×
• State Auto Property & Casualty Insurance v. Swaim
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1999-06-10· cited 61×
• Arthur v. Zearley
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1999-03-25· cited 57×
• Skinner v. R.J. Griffin & Co.
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1993-06-14· cited 55×
• McDonald v. Pettus
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1999-04-15· cited 48×
• Bendinger v. Marshalltown Trowell Co.
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1999-07-15· cited 41×
• Coca-Cola Bottling Co. v. Priddy
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1997-05-27· cited 28×
• Arkansas Kraft v. Cottrell
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1993-06-21· cited 26×
• Parker v. Holder
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1993-12-13· cited 22×
• Burford Distributing, Inc. v. Starr
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2000-07-07· cited 19×
• St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Grider
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1995-06-19· cited 9×
• Lemon v. Laws
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1993-05-03· cited 4×
• Arkansas Power & Light Co. v. Cash
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1968-10-28· cited 3×