Tachdjian v. Phillips

How courts have described this case

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

• remanding for a jury determination, but not holding unenforceable, a right of first refusal where there was no triggering term
• “ [i]t is axiomatic that we should avoid any construction that renders portions of the contract language meaningless”
• “[t]he law favors a construction that will uphold the contract as a whole, and the whole contract should be looked to in arriving at the construction of any part”
• where the instrument as it stands is without meaning, words may be supplied

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• TranSouth Financial Corp. v. Rooks
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-08-30· cited 25×
• Service Merchandise Co. v. Hunter Fan Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-07-11· cited 24×
• Atlanta Development, Inc. v. Emerald Capital Investment, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-11-19· cited 23×
• Northen v. Tobin
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-07-15· cited 17×
• IH RIVERDALE, LLC v. McChesney Capital Partners, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-06-20· cited 12×
• Roswell Festival, LLLP v. Athens International, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-02-05· cited 9×
• NEELY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION v. Service First Investments, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-05-13· cited 8×
• Pichulik v. Ball
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-11-29· cited 8×
• Rolan v. Glass
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-07-14· cited 7×
• Whimsical Expressions, Inc. v. Brown
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-09-08· cited 6×
• Palmer & Cay of Georgia, Inc. v. Lockton Companies, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-10-03· cited 6×
• Palmer & Cay of Georgia, Inc. v. Lockton Companies, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-02-19· cited 6×
• Marshall v. Floyd
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-07-02· cited 5×
• Nationwide Logistics, Inc. v. Condor Transport, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-11-01· cited 5×
• Beacon Security Technology, Inc. v. Beasley
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-06-20· cited 3×
• Auldridge v. Rivers
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-09-25· cited 3×
• Etowah Valley Sporting Clay Park, LLC v. Dawson County
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-10-29· cited 3×
• Cincinnati Insurance v. Sherman & Hemstreet, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-03-28· cited 2×
• Oil-Dri Corp. of Georgia v. Thompson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-03-10· cited 1×
• Stevens v. YCA, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-07-09

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Kusuma v. Metametrix, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-04-05· cited 72×
• Deep Six, Inc. v. Abernathy
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-09-08· cited 69×
• Gram Corp. v. Wilkinson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-10-14· cited 21×
• Hasty v. Health Service Centers, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1988-11-02· cited 18×
• Hornsby v. Holt
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-09-08· cited 16×
• Thornton v. Kumar
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-11-18· cited 16×
• Sagon Motorhomes, Inc. v. Southtrust Bank of Georgia, N.A.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-02-25· cited 14×
• Hamil v. Stanford
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-11-07· cited 12×
• Nobel Lodging, Inc. v. Holiday Hospitality Franchising, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-05-07· cited 11×
• Sharple v. Airtouch Cellular of Georgia, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-06-27· cited 10×
• Booker v. Hall
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-03-15· cited 9×
• Hewatt v. Leppert
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1989-03-08· cited 8×
• Oglethorpe Power Corp. v. Hartwell Energy Ltd. Partnership
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-07-07· cited 6×
• Bridges v. City of Moultrie
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-10-28· cited 3×