Stevens v. Howard D. Johnson Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• where a corporation relying on representations made by potential lessee purchased land for lessee to rent, lessee could not rely on its own failure to comply with the terms of the agreement
• reversing grant of summary judgment in contract breach case

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Charbonnages De France v. Frank B. Smith, Juanita Smith, Frank Smith, Jr., Smith Brothers Construction Company and Continental Coal Sales Corporation
  Fourth Circuit· 1979-05-03· cited 746×
• United Oil Co. v. Urban Redevelopment Commission
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1969-07-16· cited 723×
• Khoury v. Meserve
  D. Maryland· 2003-06-23· cited 323×
• Teamsters Joint Council No. 83 v. Centra, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 1991-10-22· cited 288×
• Alan B. Morrison v. Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Nissan Motor Corporation in U. S. A., S. & R. Inc., D/B/A Vob Datsun Sales
  Fourth Circuit· 1979-06-25· cited 269×
• Pierce v. Ford Motor Co. Mahone v. Ford Motor Co
  Fourth Circuit· 1951-08-10· cited 234×
• J.D. Miller v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
  Fourth Circuit· 1990-06-22· cited 167×
• Pulliam Investment Co., Inc. v. Cameo Properties
  Fourth Circuit· 1987-03-05· cited 137×
• S. J. Groves & Sons Company v. Ohio Turnpike Commission
  Sixth Circuit· 1963-04-03· cited 124×
• Gill v. Rollins Protective Services Co.
  Fourth Circuit· 1985-09-26· cited 103×
• Mandel v. Boston Phoenix, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2006-08-03· cited 76×
• Adams v. NVR Homes, Inc.
  D. Maryland· 2000-02-17· cited 72×
• Burton S. Knapp v. John P. Kinsey, John P. Kinsey v. Burton S. Knapp
  Sixth Circuit· 1957-12-06· cited 68×
• Odyssey Travel Center, Inc. v. RO Cruises, Inc.
  D. Maryland· 2003-05-09· cited 64×
• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,302 the Johns Hopkins University v. William E. Hutton
  Fourth Circuit· 1974-04-01· cited 62×
• Luther W. White, Iii, Administrator, C.T.A. Of the Estate of Donald E. Meeks v. United States
  Fourth Circuit· 1963-04-22· cited 60×
• West v. Costen
  W.D. Virginia· 1983-03-02· cited 60×
• Turner v. Human Genome Sciences, Inc.
  D. Maryland· 2003-11-07· cited 57×
• Johns Hopkins University v. Hutton
  D. Maryland· 1968-12-10· cited 55×
• Melvin Griffeth and Lois D. Griffeth v. Utah Power & Light Company, a Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1955-05-09· cited 46×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Sartor v. Arkansas Natural Gas Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1944-04-24· cited 958×
• Westinghouse Electric Corporation v. Bulldog Electric Products Co
  Fourth Circuit· 1950-01-04· cited 41×
• Paul E. Hawkinson Co. v. Dennis
  Fifth Circuit· 1948-02-18· cited 40×
• Furton v. City of Menasha
  Seventh Circuit· 1945-06-21· cited 32×
• George A. Fuller Co. v. Brown
  Fourth Circuit· 1926-10-19· cited 30×
• Shea v. Second Nat. Bank
  D.C. Circuit· 1942-11-30· cited 19×
• Detsch & Co. v. American Products Co.
  Emergency Court of Appeals· 1945-12-28· cited 19×
• Wexler v. Maryland State Fair, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 1947-11-22· cited 14×
• Kelly v. Fahrney
  Seventh Circuit· 1903-04-14· cited 2×