Wright & Seaton, Inc. v. Prescott

How courts have described this case

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

• contract which gave employer the right to terminate employee upon \written notice\ held to be sufficient as against a claim of lack of mutuality
• consideration lacking until sometime after inception of employment agreement, but terms existed from inception
• under employment agreement in which employer reserved right to terminate employment at any time, with or without cause, upon written notice, employer's obligation to give written notice can be held to be consideration eliminating need for mutual obligation
• “[Mjutual promises constitute considerations for each other.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Gibbs v. Air Canada
  Eleventh Circuit· 1987-02-26· cited 69×
• ROYAL OAK LANDING HOME-OWNER'S ASS'N v. Pelletier
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-05-12· cited 55×
• Unnamed case
  Eleventh Circuit· 1998-01-27· cited 48×
• Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida, Inc. v. Pinnock
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-05-19· cited 36×
• Ocean Dunes of Hutchinson v. Colangelo
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-02-06· cited 29×
• Brown v. Brown
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-06-07· cited 23×
• Avid Engineering, Inc. v. Orlando Marketplace Ltd.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-11-30· cited 22×
• Qantum Communications Corp. v. Star Broadcasting, Inc.
  S.D. Florida· 2007-02-09· cited 22×
• Eskra v. Provident Life & Accident Insurance
  Eleventh Circuit· 1997-10-27· cited 20×
• Philip Morris Inc. v. French
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-12-22· cited 20×
• Murry v. Zynyx Marketing Communications Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-02-23· cited 17×
• Coastal Unilube, Inc. v. Smith
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-05-06· cited 16×
• LaBonte Precision, Inc. v. LPI Industries Corporation
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-06-03· cited 14×
• Rohlfing v. Tomorrow Realty & Auction Co., Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-07-07· cited 14×
• Gibbs v. Air Canada
  Third Circuit· 1987-04-02· cited 13×
• Seabreeze Restaurant, Inc. v. Paumgardhen
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-05-11· cited 12×
• Flagship Resort Development Corp. v. Interval International, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-01-27· cited 11×
• Centex Homes Corp. v. Prestressed Systems, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-01-17· cited 10×
• Unnamed case
  Eleventh Circuit· 1986-12-31· cited 9×
• Beach Street Bikes v. Bourgett's Bike Works
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-04-22· cited 9×

Cites

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

• Velie Motor Car Co. v. Kopmeier Motor Car Co.
  Seventh Circuit· 1912-01-02· cited 45×
• DeMarco v. Publix Super Markets, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1980-05-01· cited 43×
• Bay Management, Inc. v. Beau Monde, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1978-12-29· cited 32×
• FLORIDA-GEORGIA CHEM. CO v. National Laboratories, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1963-05-23· cited 30×
• Meurer Steel Barrel Co. v. Martin
  Third Circuit· 1924-10-01· cited 25×
• Henderson v. Kendrick
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1921-07-06· cited 25×
• Bernstein v. W. B. Manufacturing Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1921-05-28· cited 24×
• Bacon v. Karr
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1962-03-21· cited 23×
• Tampa Northern R. R. Co. v. City of Tampa
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1932-03-17· cited 23×
• McQuown v. Lakeland Window Cleaning Co.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1962-01-17· cited 22×
• Russell v. Martin
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1956-05-23· cited 20×
• Tasty Box Lunch Co. v. Kennedy
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1960-06-06· cited 19×
• Mangus v. Present
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1961-07-07· cited 17×
• Pick Kwik Food Stores, Inc. v. Tenser
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-11-18· cited 16×
• Bossert v. Palm Beach County
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-10-21· cited 15×
• Sanchez v. Crandon Wholesale Drug Co.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1965-04-07· cited 13×
• Weiss v. Duro Chrome Corp.
  Eighth Circuit· 1953-10-14· cited 12×
• Baker and Company, Florida v. Goding
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1975-07-15· cited 12×
• Comwel Development Corp. v. City of Deerfield Beach
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-02-13· cited 4×
• George B. Dickinson v. Auto Center Manufacturing Co., John W. McLeod
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-03-12· cited 3×