Quinn v. Dondlinger & Sons Construction Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• A person cannot \reasonably [rely] upon ... allegedly fraudulent statements made in the face of plainly contradictory contractual language.\
• agreement found to violate § 8(e) in NLRB v. National Maritime Union, supra, might be nonexempt and might violate antitrust law
• A person cannot “reasonably [rely] upon ... allegedly fraudulent statements made in the face of plainly contradictory contractual language.”
• labor exemption issue not necessarily controlled by prior determination that agreement violated § 8(e)
• \But damages for loss of an expectancy of profits created by prior or contemporaneous oral representations plainly contradictory with the terms of a written contract we believe to be nonrecoverable if written contracts are to retain significance.\
• “[A] remittitur may be assessed in an amount that will bring the verdict on damages to the maximum amount which the jury could have awarded under the evidence introduced at trial.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• One-O-One Enterprises, Inc. v. Richard E. Caruso
  D.C. Circuit· 1988-06-07· cited 113×
• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 95,417 Stephen Blumenthal and Les Fein v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1990-08-08· cited 113×
• George Arnott v. The American Oil Company, a Corporation
  Eighth Circuit· 1979-11-29· cited 110×
• Mylan Laboratories, Inc. v. Akzo, N.V.
  Fourth Circuit· 1993-08-19· cited 66×
• Al Vaughn, Marjorie Vaughn, Algon Corporation and Springfield Drive-Ins, Inc. v. General Foods Corporation and Burger Chef Systems, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1986-09-09· cited 59×
• LaVay Corp. v. Dominion Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n
  Fourth Circuit· 1987-10-02· cited 59×
• Harvey v. Fearless Farris Wholesale, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1979-01-10· cited 50×
• Consolidated Express, Inc. v. New York Shipping Ass'n
  Third Circuit· 1979-04-16· cited 48×
• McCurry v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1987-12-31· cited 44×
• The Squaxin Island Tribe v. The State of Washington
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-01-24· cited 41×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1979-05-18· cited 38×
• Learning Works, Inc. v. The Learning Annex, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 1987-10-07· cited 37×
• Howard Oaks, Inc. v. Maryland National Bank
  D. Maryland· 1993-01-13· cited 34×
• Forderhause v. Cherokee Water Co.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1981-08-25· cited 33×
• Citicorp v. Interbank Card Ass'n
  S.D. New York· 1979-10-03· cited 32×
• United States v. Frank W. Snepp, Iii, the Authors League of America, Inc., Amicus Curiae
  Fourth Circuit· 1979-03-20· cited 30×
• Denise Lanier, Cross-Appellant v. J.B. Sallas and Juanice Reed, Cross-Appellees v. J.W. Biddix and Carl O. Murray, Cross-Appellees
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-12-03· cited 30×
• Shreve Equipment, Inc., Cross-Appellant v. Clay Equipment Corporation, Cross-Appellee
  Sixth Circuit· 1981-05-18· cited 28×
• Mid-America Regional Bargaining Association v. Will County Carpenters District Council
  Seventh Circuit· 1982-04-13· cited 28×
• One-O-One Enterprises, Inc. v. Caruso
  District of Columbia· 1987-08-31· cited 28×