Terracom Development Group, Inc. v. Coleman Cable & Wire Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that letter was not binding as it explicitly stated “that no contractual relationship shall exist between the parties unless and until the definitive agreement shall have been executed in writing”
• “Where the reduction of an agreement to writing and its formal execution is viewed by the parties as a condition precedent to the vesting of rights and duties, there can be no contract until then, even if the actual terms have been agreed upon.” (quotation marks omitted

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Quake Construction, Inc. v. American Airlines, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1990-12-03· cited 307×
• Sunstream Jet Express, Inc., a Delaware Corporation v. International Air Service Co., Ltd., a California Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1984-06-27· cited 107×
• Chicago Investment Corp. v. Dolins
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1985-07-17· cited 98×
• Ceres Illinois, Inc. v. Illinois Scrap Processing, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1986-09-17· cited 94×
• Shelly Feldman, Individually and D/B/A Shelly Feldman Associates v. Allegheny International, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1988-08-02· cited 83×
• Interway, Inc. v. Alagna
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-06-10· cited 67×
• Runnemede Owners, Inc., and Ranjit S. Ghura v. Crest Mortgage Corporation and Steven M. Rayman
  Seventh Circuit· 1988-11-18· cited 54×
• IK CORP. v. One Financial Place Partnership
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1990-06-15· cited 43×
• Inland Real Estate Corp. v. Christoph
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1981-11-12· cited 42×
• Knightsbridge Realty Partners, Ltd-75 v. Pace
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1981-10-07· cited 41×
• Magnus v. Lutheran General Health Care System
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-09-02· cited 37×
• Evergreen Investments, Llc, a Montana Limited Liability Company v. Fcl Graphics, Incorporated, an Illinois Corporation
  Eighth Circuit· 2003-07-02· cited 34×
• Stevenson v. ITT Harper, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1977-07-26· cited 34×
• National Tea Co. v. American National Bank & Trust Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1981-10-05· cited 33×
• State Security Insurance v. Linton
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1979-01-31· cited 32×
• Bradley Real Estate Trust v. Dolan Associates Ltd.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-08-26· cited 32×
• Vendo Co. v. Stoner
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1982-07-14· cited 21×
• Quake Construction, Inc. v. American Airlines, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1989-03-29· cited 20×
• Brown v. Goodman
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1986-09-30· cited 17×
• Greer v. Kenilworth Insurance Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1978-05-08· cited 16×

Cites

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

• Martindell v. Lake Shore National Bank
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1958-12-16· cited 262×
• Schek v. Chicago Transit Authority
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1969-03-27· cited 110×
• Evans, Inc. v. Tiffany & Co.
  N.D. Illinois· 1976-04-14· cited 94×
• City of Evanston v. Ridgeview House, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1976-05-28· cited 72×
• Borg-Warner Corp. v. Anchor Coupling Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1958-11-26· cited 50×
• Pierce v. MacNeal Memorial Hospital Ass'n
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1977-02-14· cited 46×
• Allstate Insurance v. National Tea Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1975-01-06· cited 45×
• H. Max Ammerman v. City Stores Company
  D.C. Circuit· 1968-04-04· cited 40×
• Nerone v. Boehler
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1976-01-15· cited 40×
• Brunette v. Vulcan Materials Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1970-01-15· cited 37×
• Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad v. People ex rel. Allen
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1902-02-21· cited 35×
• Calo, Inc. v. AMF Pinspotters, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1961-06-30· cited 32×
• Nitrin, Inc. v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1976-01-23· cited 29×
• S. N. Nielsen Co. v. National Heat & Power Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1975-10-08· cited 26×
• First National Bank v. Victor Comptometer Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1970-04-17· cited 23×
• Albrecht v. North American Life Assurance Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1975-04-28· cited 21×
• Standard Steel & Wire Corp. v. Chicago Capital Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1975-03-03· cited 21×
• Ohio Oil Co. v. Yacktman
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1976-02-17· cited 21×
• Gaffney v. William J. Burns Detective Agency International, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1973-06-25· cited 13×
• Conness v. Conness
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1968-04-26· cited 9×