Simon v. Simon

How courts have described this case

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

• holding lease agreement did not satisfy Statute of Frauds where it failed to define lease duration
• writing must set out the essential provisions of the oral agreement
• the duration of a lease is an essential term that cannot be provided by implication
• a finding that an agreement is not integrated is a “predicate” to considering extrinsic evidence
• \It is a court's function . . . to determine what provisions are essential to an agreement sought to be enforced and whether an omitted provision can be supplied by implication.\
• whether a sufficient writing exists is a question of law for the court

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Gagne v. Stevens
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1997-04-29· cited 32×
• Northrup v. Brigham
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-04-29· cited 23×
• McBride v. Minstar, Inc.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1994-06-29· cited 17×
• Cannon v. Cannon
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-06-25· cited 9×
• Kb v. Db
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-09-09· cited 6×
• Shea v. Millett
  First Circuit· 2022-05-27· cited 6×
• K.B. v. D.B.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-09-09· cited 5×
• Boston Executive Helicopters, LLC v. Maguire
  First Circuit· 2022-08-15· cited 4×
• Wayne Ross, Trustee of the Wayne Ross Revocable Trust & a. v. Donald W. Ross & a.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2017-09-28· cited 3×
• Barrie-Chivian v. Lepler
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2015-07-31· cited 2×
• Kirin Produce Co. v. Lun Fat Produce, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-04-12· cited 1×
• Zwidra v. Mazurek
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2009-08-18· cited 1×
• Financial Resources Network, Inc. v. Brown & Brown, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 2013-03-14· cited 1×
• Wong v. Nieboer
  Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div.· 2006-04-15· cited 1×
• Duggan v. Breed, Nc00-343 (2001)
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 2001-09-27
• Duggan v. Breed, 00-343, (r.I. 2002)
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 2002-01-16
• Saint-Fort v. Sanon-Desir
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-04-06
• Patriot Plastics & Supply, Inc. v. Polymer Corp.
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 1995-01-20
• Burrage v. Mintz
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 1995-08-03
• Mugsy, Inc. v. DiGeronimo
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 1999-08-12

Cites

37 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Schwanbeck v. Federal-Mogul Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-05-27· cited 198×
• Glass v. Hulbert
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1869-09-15· cited 193×
• Loranger Construction Corp. v. E. F. Hauserman Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-12-05· cited 149×
• Cellucci v. Sun Oil Co.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1974-12-30· cited 134×
• McLearn v. Hill
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1931-09-10· cited 130×
• Royal Indemnity Co. v. Blakely
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-03-03· cited 118×
• Schwanbeck v. Federal-Mogul Corp.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-09-23· cited 107×
• Computer Systems Engineering, Inc. v. Qantel Corporation, Computer Systems Engineering, Inc. v. Qantel Corporation
  First Circuit· 1984-09-11· cited 105×
• Joseph P. Connors, Sr., as Trustees of the United Mine Workers of America Health and Retirement Funds v. Hallmark & Son Coal Company
  D.C. Circuit· 1991-06-14· cited 100×
• Peters v. Wallach
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-01-10· cited 84×
• Simons v. American Dry Ginger Ale Co. Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1957-03-05· cited 74×
• Loranger Construction Corp. v. E. F. Hauserman Co.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1978-03-23· cited 72×
• Cohen v. Santoianni
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1953-05-01· cited 57×
• Shain Investment Co., Inc. v. Cohen
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1982-12-10· cited 56×
• Geo. W. Wilcox, Inc. v. Shell Eastern Petroleum Products, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1933-06-28· cited 55×
• Greenstein v. Flatley
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-02-14· cited 50×
• Newton v. Moffie
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1982-04-23· cited 49×
• MacKeen v. Kasinskas
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1956-03-07· cited 45×
• Michelson v. Sherman
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1942-02-02· cited 42×
• Tzitzon Realty Co. Inc. v. Mustonen
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-06-07· cited 38×