Williamson County BroadcastIng Co. v. InterMedia Partners

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that specific performance is an equitable remedy appropriate only for breach of a contract or other agreement
• “Contract rights ordinarily survive the death of one of the parties unless the contract is one of a personal nature.”
• “The construction placed on an agreement by the parties is a valuable construction tool where the agreement is ambiguous.”
• “The court should consider the entire contract, and the situation involving the parties, the nature of the business in which they are engaged and the subject matter to which the contract relates.” (cleaned up)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Bell v. Todd
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2005-09-26· cited 46×
• Jenkins Subway, Inc. v. Jones
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1998-11-18· cited 41×
• Vargo v. Lincoln Brass Works, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2003-03-13· cited 33×
• Vencor, Inc. v. Standard Life And Accident Insurance Company
  Sixth Circuit· 2003-01-21· cited 27×
• Baptist Physician Hospital Organization, Inc. Baptist Hospital of East Tennessee v. Humana Military Healthcare Services, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 2004-05-25· cited 14×
• Vencor Inc. v. Standard Life & Accident Insurance
  W.D. Kentucky· 1999-09-10· cited 9×
• Domus Dev. LLC v. Titan Dev. LLC
  M.D. Tennessee· 2018-11-26· cited 5×
• Baptist Physician Hospital Organization, Inc. v. Humana Military Healthcare Services, Inc.
  E.D. Tennessee· 2006-02-13· cited 4×
• Green v. Innovative Recovery Services, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2000-07-28· cited 2×
• BFS Retail & Commercial Operations, LLC v. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2007-02-12· cited 2×
• Vencor, Inc. v. Standard Life & Accident Insurance
  Sixth Circuit· 2003-01-21· cited 1×
• Packers Supply Co. v. Eric H. Weber
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2008-04-14
• BFS Retail & Commercial Operations v. Charles Smith
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2006-11-16
• Danny R. Blalock v. Carolyn S. Blalock
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2004-02-24
• David Stovall v. Christopher Dunn
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2002-06-11
• Calsonic Yorozu Corp., Inc. v. Forklifts Unlimited, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2002-01-30
• Terry Hicks v. Donal Campbell
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2002-01-16
• Kurt Seraphine v. Aqua Bath
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2001-10-10
• Jerry LaQuiere v. Daniel W. McCollum
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2001-02-23
• Barbara Vargo v. Lincoln Brass Works
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2000-04-13

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Bob Pearsall Motors, Inc. v. Regal Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1975-03-03· cited 322×
• Cocke County Board of Highway Commissioners v. Newport Utilities Board
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1985-05-06· cited 151×
• Hamblen County v. City of Morristown
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1983-08-10· cited 128×
• GRW Enterprises, Inc. v. Davis
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1990-04-27· cited 89×
• Irvin v. Binkley
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1978-12-01· cited 37×
• Shuptrine v. Quinn
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1979-08-27· cited 29×
• Stovall v. Dattel
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1981-02-25· cited 25×
• Gilson v. Gillia
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1958-05-08· cited 24×
• Petry v. Cosmopolitan Spa International, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1982-06-25· cited 19×
• Yowell v. Union Central Life Ins.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1918-12-15· cited 13×
• Garner v. American Home Assurance Co.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1969-05-14· cited 9×
• Sprunt v. Members of the Board of Trustees of the University of Tennessee
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1969-07-02· cited 4×