Salazar v. Citadel Communications Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that an arbitration agreement “annexed” to an employee handbook was an unenforceable illusory promise because the employer reserved the right to modify any provision of the handbook
• stating that “courts look to general state contract law’.’ to decide legal questions concerning arbitration agreements
• stating that “courts look to general state contract law” to decide legal questions concerning arbitration agreements
• explaining that an employee handbook which gave an employer a unilateral right to modify any handbook provision, with no limitations, is an illusory and unenforceable promise
• noting “the rule, oft-repeated in this state, that we construe ambiguous adhesion contracts against the drafter”
• employee supposedly obligated to arbitrate, but employer not obligated to do so; arbitration agreement held illusory

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Peleg v. Neiman Marcus Group, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 2012-04-17· cited 76×
• Morrow v. Hallmark Cards, Inc.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2008-06-30· cited 73×
• Piano v. Premier Distributing Co.
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2004-12-20· cited 58×
• Sparks v. Vista Del Mar Child & Family Services
  California Court of Appeal· 2012-07-30· cited 48×
• Flemma v. Halliburton Energy Servs., Inc.
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2013-05-30· cited 24×
• La Frontera Center, Inc. v. United Behavioral Health, Inc.
  D. New Mexico· 2017-06-01· cited 16×
• Hunt v. Rio at Rust Centre
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2020-06-11· cited 14×
• Rivera v. American General Financial Services, Inc.
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2010-02-18· cited 13×
• Parrish v. Valero Retail Holdings, Inc.
  D. New Mexico· 2010-07-15· cited 13×
• Laurich v. Red Lobster Rests., LLC
  D. New Mexico· 2017-11-08· cited 13×
• Sisneros v. Citadel Broadcasting Co.
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2006-06-21· cited 12×
• World Fuel Services v. Nambe Pueblo Development
  D. New Mexico· 2019-01-23· cited 12×
• Johnson v. Vatterott Educational Centers, Inc.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2013-10-08· cited 9×
• Fiser v. Dell Computer Corp.
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2007-04-30· cited 6×
• Patterson v. Nine Energy Serv., LLC
  D. New Mexico· 2018-11-29· cited 6×
• Patterson v. Nine Energy Serv., LLC
  D. New Mexico· 2018-08-30· cited 5×
• Flemma v. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2013-05-30· cited 4×
• Flemma v. Halliburton Energy Servs., Inc.
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2011-11-17· cited 4×
• Davidson Oil Company v. City of Albuquerque
  Tenth Circuit· 2024-07-19· cited 4×
• Fiser v. Dell Computer Corp.
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2007-06-26· cited 3×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1985-07-02· cited 3,702×
• Gilmer v. Interstate/Johnson Lane Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1991-05-13· cited 2,511×
• Doctor's Associates, Inc. v. Casarotto
  Supreme Court· 1996-06-03· cited 1,668×
• Perry v. Thomas
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-15· cited 1,187×
• Deborah Patterson v. Tenet Healthcare, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 1997-05-12· cited 185×
• Teresita J. Dumais v. American Golf Corporation, Doing Business as Paradise Hills Golf Club, a Foreign Corporation and William Winkler
  Tenth Circuit· 2002-08-15· cited 144×
• Heye v. American Golf Corp., Inc.
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2003-09-30· cited 67×
• DeArmond v. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2003-12-09· cited 61×
• In Re Tenet Healthcare, Ltd.
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2002-08-15· cited 38×
• Board of Education, Gadsden Independent School Dist. No. 16 v. James Hamilton Construction Co.
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1994-12-20· cited 26×
• Martinez v. City of Grants
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1996-11-22· cited 10×