State Ex Rel. Dunlap v. Berger

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that an arbitration agreement which prohibited punitive damages was unenforceable as against public policy
• holding prohibitions on punitive damages and class action relief that would be the result of the application of a purchase and finance agreement are clearly unconscionable
• holding prohibitions on punitive damages and class action relief that would be the result of the application of a purchase and finance agreement are clearly unconscionable
• stating that “‘a rule automatically invalidating adhesion contracts would be completely unworkable’”
• acknowledging \complex issues of federalism” and stating that \we ... give no weight to Mr. Dunlap’s state constitutional rights to a jury trial in the public court system’’
• prohibitions on punitive damages and class action relief in arbitration agreement rendered application of agreement unconscionable

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Discover Bank v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 2005-06-27· cited 370×
• Kinkel v. Cingular Wireless, LLC
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2006-10-05· cited 190×
• Zuver v. Airtouch Communications, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2004-12-23· cited 178×
• Walther v. Sovereign Bank
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2005-04-20· cited 159×
• American General Life and Accident Insurance Company v. Larry Wood
  Fourth Circuit· 2005-11-14· cited 152×
• Kristian v. Comcast Corp.
  First Circuit· 2006-04-20· cited 140×
• Brown Ex Rel. Brown v. Genesis Healthcare
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2011-06-29· cited 119×
• Fiser v. Dell Computer Corporation
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2008-06-27· cited 95×
• Dan Ryan Builders, Inc. v. Nelson
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2012-11-15· cited 91×
• Leonard v. Terminix Intern. Co., LP
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2003-02-07· cited 73×
• Whitney v. Alltel Communications, Inc.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2005-07-05· cited 69×
• Scott v. Cingular Wireless
  Washington Supreme Court· 2007-07-12· cited 69×
• Sanderson Farms, Inc. v. Gatlin
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-06-26· cited 62×
• In Re West Virginia Rezulin Litigation
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2003-07-03· cited 58×
• Feeney v. Dell Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-07-02· cited 58×
• State ex rel. McCaffery v. Hutchison
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2003-07-03· cited 58×
• Brown ex rel. Brown v. Genesis Healthcare Corp.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2012-06-13· cited 57×
• Luna v. Household Finance Corp. III
  W.D. Washington· 2002-11-04· cited 56×
• Lytle v. CitiFinancial Services, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-10-24· cited 55×
• State Ex Rel. Richmond American Homes of West Virginia, Inc. v. Sanders
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2011-11-21· cited 47×

Cites

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

• Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor
  Supreme Court· 1997-06-25· cited 4,991×
• Gilmer v. Interstate/Johnson Lane Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1991-05-13· cited 2,511×
• Green Tree Financial Corp.-Alabama v. Randolph
  Supreme Court· 2000-12-11· cited 1,972×
• Doctor's Associates, Inc. v. Casarotto
  Supreme Court· 1996-06-03· cited 1,668×
• Armendariz v. Found. Health Psychcare Servs., Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 2000-08-24· cited 1,269×
• City of Riverside v. Rivera
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-27· cited 1,221×
• Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors, Inc.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1960-05-09· cited 786×
• Clinton Cole v. Burns International Security Services
  D.C. Circuit· 1997-02-11· cited 423×
• Burgess v. Porterfield
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1996-03-11· cited 273×
• Graham v. Scissor-Tail, Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 1981-02-05· cited 267×
• Hinkle v. Black
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1979-12-18· cited 217×
• Sharon Floss v. Ryan's Family Steak Houses, Inc., Kyle Daniels v. Ryan's Family Steak Houses, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 2000-05-01· cited 204×
• Hooters of America, Inc. v. Phillips
  Fourth Circuit· 1999-04-08· cited 184×
• Donald R. Parrett v. City of Connersville, Indiana
  Seventh Circuit· 1984-08-22· cited 175×
• Shankle v. B-G Maintenance Management of Colorado, Inc.
  Tenth Circuit· 1999-01-05· cited 136×
• Neal v. State Farm Insurance Companies
  California Court of Appeal· 1961-01-31· cited 119×
• Graham Oil Co., an Oregon Corporation v. Arco Products Co., a Division of Atlantic Richfield Co., a Delaware Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1995-03-13· cited 106×
• Broemmer v. Abortion Services of Phoenix, Ltd.
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1992-10-13· cited 91×
• State v. Neuman
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1988-07-01· cited 85×
• State Ex Rel. May v. Boles
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1964-12-08· cited 82×