Super Valu Stores, Inc. v. Peterson

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that, under state law, the anticipated profits of a new business are recoverable if proven with reasonable certainty
• upholding $5 million verdict for breach of contract to open grocery store where plaintiff projected profits of $20 million over fifteen years and defendant conceded that statistical evaluation of future profit, which it had itself generated, was reliable
• upholding lost profits award in breach of contract action where plaintiff presented statistical evaluation of future profit in support of lost profits claim and where defendant had compiled evaluation itself and deemed it reliable
• upholding a general verdict for an amount obviously in excess of nominal damages where the jury heard evidence that the plaintiff had suffered injury from the defendant's misrepresentation by retiring from his job to take an employment opportunity that never came to fruition

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Mid-America Tablewares, Inc. v. Mogi Trading Co.
  Seventh Circuit· 1996-11-22· cited 209×
• Beverly Hills Concepts, Inc. v. Schatz & Schatz, Ribicoff & Kotkin
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-09-15· cited 205×
• Energy Capital Corp. (As General Partner of Energy Capital Partners Limited Partnership) v. United States
  Federal Circuit· 2002-08-14· cited 191×
• Franconia Associates v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2004-08-30· cited 71×
• Pacific Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Haslip
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1989-09-15· cited 68×
• AGF, Inc. v. Great Lakes Heat Treating Co.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1990-06-06· cited 64×
• Birmingham News Co. v. Horn
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2004-11-24· cited 55×
• Harris v. M & S TOYOTA, INC.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1991-01-11· cited 49×
• Life Ins. Co. of Georgia v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1998-07-17· cited 48×
• Olympia Spa v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1989-05-12· cited 38×
• Edwards v. Allied Home Mortg. Capital Corp.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2007-01-12· cited 37×
• Nash v. Cosby
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1991-01-11· cited 37×
• Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Goodin
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1988-11-04· cited 36×
• Kaufman v. Kaufman
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2005-12-30· cited 33×
• Valley Properties, Inc. v. Strahan
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1990-04-27· cited 30×
• Mason and Dixon Lines, Inc. v. Byrd
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1992-06-19· cited 27×
• Atkins Ford Sales, Inc. v. Royster
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1990-03-16· cited 27×
• American Employers Insurance Company v. Southern Seeding Services, Inc., United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company
  Eleventh Circuit· 1991-05-22· cited 25×
• Stovall v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2010-08-13· cited 25×
• Coca-Cola Bottling Co. v. Stripling
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1993-06-04· cited 24×

Cites

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

• Story Parchment Co. v. Paterson Parchment Paper Co.
  Supreme Court· 1931-02-24· cited 1,290×
• Aspinwall v. Gowens
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1981-05-01· cited 137×
• Computer Systems Engineering, Inc. v. Qantel Corporation, Computer Systems Engineering, Inc. v. Qantel Corporation
  First Circuit· 1984-09-11· cited 105×
• SHADES, ETC. v. Cobbs, Allen & Hall Mortg. Co.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1980-11-14· cited 101×
• Harold S. Lee v. Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1977-03-15· cited 90×
• Perma Research & Development v. The Singer Company
  Second Circuit· 1976-07-01· cited 89×
• Smith v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1950-10-26· cited 87×
• Autowest, Inc. v. Peugeot, Inc., and Associete De Automobiles Peugeot
  Second Circuit· 1970-11-18· cited 84×
• Welch v. U. S. Bancorp Realty & Mortgage Trust
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1979-06-19· cited 69×
• Maring-Crawford Motor Co. v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1970-01-22· cited 62×
• Costarides v. Miller
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1979-09-21· cited 60×
• Fera v. Village Plaza, Inc
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1976-06-03· cited 59×
• Chung v. Kaonohi Center Co.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1980-10-08· cited 54×
• Jackson Company v. Faulkner
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1975-07-09· cited 51×
• Morgan v. South Central Bell Telephone Co.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1985-02-22· cited 47×
• Mall, Inc. v. Robbins
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1982-02-19· cited 42×
• Perma Research & Development Co. v. Singer Co.
  S.D. New York· 1975-04-11· cited 34×
• Marshall Durbin Farms, Inc. v. Landers
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1985-02-22· cited 33×
• American Honda Motor Co., Inc. v. Boyd
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1985-07-03· cited 32×
• Paris v. Buckner Feed Mill, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1966-02-10· cited 30×