Scott v. Purcell

How courts have described this case

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

• recovery allowed on claim of unjust enrichment against corporation even in absence of proof of wrongdoing on part of corporation
• agency relationship existed where agent’s “activities . . . strongly suggest that he was acting as [principal’s] agent”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Torchia on Behalf of Torchia v. Torchia
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-08-09· cited 112×
• Scott v. Purcell
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-05-30· cited 92×
• Gee v. Eberle
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-05-09· cited 76×
• Volunteer Fire Co. v. Hilltop Oil Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-02-06· cited 50×
• Zvonik v. Zvonik
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-10-02· cited 44×
• Birchwood Lakes Community Ass'n v. Comis
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-02-26· cited 44×
• Denny v. Cavalieri
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-03-19· cited 23×
• Crossgates Realty, Inc. v. Moore
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-06-27· cited 20×
• FDA Packaging Inc. v. Advance Personnel Staffing Inc.
  Berks County Court of Common Pleas· 2005-06-01· cited 4×
• Colarossi v. Faber
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-12-03· cited 1×
• Lukens Construction Co. v. Shar-Mich Corp.
  Berks County Court of Common Pleas· 1981-01-12
• Toscano v. Horton
  Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas· 1980-07-03

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Buchanan v. Brentwood Federal Savings & Loan Assoc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-04-23· cited 179×
• Roman Mosaic & Tile Co. v. Vollrath
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-12-11· cited 64×
• Schwartz v. Urban Redevelopment Authority
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-07-02· cited 41×
• Shechter v. SHECHTER
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1950-11-20· cited 32×
• Houseman v. Girard Mutual Building & Loan Ass'n
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1876-03-13· cited 29×
• Gougher v. Hansler
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1957-03-18· cited 28×
• Moreland v. Metrovich
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-06-29· cited 26×
• Engle v. Capital Fire Insurance
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1921-03-05· cited 25×
• Kimball v. Barr Township
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-06· cited 19×
• Commonwealth v. Luciano
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1965-04-15· cited 11×
• Shannon v. Baltz
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1960-03-15· cited 9×
• Barbour v. Wiehle
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1887-05-09· cited 9×
• McAULIFFE v. Constantine
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-06-21· cited 8×
• Blick v. Cockins
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1912-01-02· cited 7×
• Chester v. Schaffer
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1904-01-21· cited 7×
• Washington, A. & Mt. V. Ry. Co. v. Real Estate Trust Co. of Philadelphia
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1910-02-04· cited 2×