Witmer v. Exxon Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding it is not proper to seek equitable relief where no pursuit has been made of available contractual remedies because equity aids the vigilant and not those who slumber on their rights
• stating, “[u]n-conscionability may only be asserted as a defense in an action on a contract for the sale of goods. It is not a plaintiffs doctrine available for affirmative relief to enjoin the provisions of a lease of real estate[ ]”
• mere attempt to collect higher rent and not to terminate franchise

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Witmer v. Exxon Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-09-24· cited 107×
• Provident Credit Corp. v. Young
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-05-14· cited 51×
• Commonwealth v. Bailey
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-11-18· cited 46×
• Grimme Combustion, Inc. v. Mergentime Corp.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-07-02· cited 36×
• Denlinger, Inc. v. Agresta
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-05-28· cited 21×
• In re TD Bank, N.A.
  D. South Carolina· 2015-12-10· cited 21×
• Grimes v. Enterprise Leasing Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-03-19· cited 20×
• Nutt Corp. v. Howell Road, LLC
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2011-11-23· cited 11×
• Consumers International, Inc. v. SYSCO Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1998-01-06· cited 11×
• Best v. United States National Bank
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1986-02-26· cited 9×
• Wilderness Industries of Maryland, Inc. v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-03-30· cited 8×
• Guistra Development Co., Inc. v. Lee
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-09-20· cited 7×
• Sanders v. Colonial Bank of Alabama
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1989-09-29· cited 6×
• Commonwealth Land Title Insurance v. Doe
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-07-06· cited 5×
• Amoco Oil Co. v. Burns
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-05-16· cited 5×
• Andrichyn v. TD Bank, N.A.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2015-03-20· cited 5×
• Wendt & Sons v. New Hedstrom Corp.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-09-10· cited 4×
• Exxon Corp. v. Wilson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-11-22· cited 3×
• In Re Tube Methods, Inc.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1987-05-29
• Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Liebel
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-05-11

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Razumic
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-08-10· cited 194×
• Hunter v. Straube
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1975-12-12· cited 12×
• Pittsburgh v. Charles Zubik & Sons, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1961-06-26· cited 12×
• Routman v. Bohm
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1961-03-22· cited 12×
• MacK v. Fennell
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1961-06-15· cited 10×
• Kowatch v. Atlantic Richfield Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-08-10· cited 10×
• Pittsburgh Allied Fabricators, Inc. v. Haber
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-11-12· cited 5×
• Evans v. Hastings
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1848-10-28· cited 2×