Smith v. PRICE'S CREAMERIES, DIV., ETC.

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that a party is generally “presumed to know the terms of the agreement, and to have agreed to each of its provisions in the absence of fraud, misrepresentation or other wrongful act of the contracting party”
• allowing a “terminable at will” clause to stand in a contract governed by the Uniform Commercial Code
• terms of contract made by parties govern their rights and duties
• motivation of party in cancelling contract terminable-at-will is immaterial
• “Generally, a party who executes and enters into a written contract with another is presumed to know the terms of the agreement, and to have agreed to each of its provisions in the absence of fraud, misrepresentation or other wrongful act of the contracting party.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Melnick v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1988-02-02· cited 145×
• Karl's Sales & Serv., Inc. v. Gimbel Bros., Inc.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1991-07-16· cited 103×
• Ledbetter v. Webb
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1985-12-09· cited 97×
• Nearburg v. Yates Petroleum Corp.
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1997-06-10· cited 94×
• Estep v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1985-07-29· cited 64×
• Watson Truck & Supply Co., Inc. v. Males
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1990-11-27· cited 61×
• DeArmond v. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2003-12-09· cited 61×
• State Ex Rel. Udall v. Colonial Penn Insurance
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1991-05-08· cited 60×
• Sitogum Holdings, Inc. v. Ropes
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2002-03-21· cited 60×
• Bill G. Isler v. Texas Oil & Gas Corporation
  Tenth Circuit· 1984-12-28· cited 59×
• Guthmann v. La Vida Llena
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1985-11-21· cited 58×
• United Wholesale Liquor Co. v. Brown-Forman Distillers Corp.
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1989-05-17· cited 56×
• Albuquerque National Bank v. Albuquerque Ranch Estates, Inc.
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1982-11-23· cited 54×
• Gardner-Zemke Co. v. State
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1990-04-10· cited 50×
• Wilburn v. Stewart
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1990-04-17· cited 45×
• Joseph A. Mullan, an Individual v. Quickie Aircraft Corporation, a California Corporation
  Tenth Circuit· 1986-07-21· cited 42×
• United Properties Ltd. v. Walgreen Properties, Inc.
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2003-06-11· cited 41×
• Triangle Mining Co., Inc., and Terteling Land Company v. Stauffer Chemical Company
  Ninth Circuit· 1985-02-08· cited 40×
• State Ex Rel. State Highway & Transportation Department v. Garley
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1991-01-24· cited 33×
• Mosley v. Titus
  D. New Mexico· 2010-10-28· cited 29×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Zapatha v. Dairy Mart, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-08-05· cited 135×
• Huey v. Lente
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1973-09-28· cited 66×
• Ute Park Summer Homes Ass'n v. Maxwell Land Grant Co.
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1967-04-24· cited 56×
• Jim v. CIT Financial Services Corporation
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1975-04-11· cited 50×
• Davies v. Boyd
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1963-09-16· cited 40×
• Owen v. Burn Construction Co.
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1977-04-18· cited 38×
• Young v. Thomas
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1979-12-31· cited 31×
• Huey v. Lente
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1973-07-18· cited 23×
• Santa Clara Properties Co. v. R. L. C., Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 1963-07-03· cited 17×
• McKay v. Farmers & Stockmens Bank of Clayton
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1978-07-11· cited 17×
• Drink, Inc. v. Martinez
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1976-09-09· cited 15×
• Matter of Ferrara S. P. A.
  S.D. New York· 1977-12-02· cited 14×
• Southwest Motel Brokers, Inc. v. Alamo Hotels, Inc.
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1963-05-06· cited 10×
• Schow v. Guardtone, Inc.
  Utah Supreme Court· 1966-08-23· cited 9×
• Wyandotte Brewing Co. v. Hartford Fire-Insurance
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1906-07-03· cited 9×
• McDonald's Corp. v. Rocky Mt. McDonald's
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1979-01-25· cited 7×
• Yankee Atomic Electric Company v. New Mexico And Arizona Land Company
  Tenth Circuit· 1980-11-24· cited 4×