840 So. 2d 641 - Schultz v. Hill’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 549 So. 2d 840 - Rosell v. Esco · 617 So. 2d 880 - Stobart v. State Through DOTD · Gonzales v. Xerox Corp. · 708 So. 2d 731 - Evans v. Lungrin · 650 So. 2d 742 - Ferrell v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“|fiA term for the performance of an obligation is a period of time either certain or uncertain. It is certain when it is fixed. It is uncertain when it is not fixed but is determinable either by the intent of the parties or by the occurrence of a future and certain event. It is also uncertain when it is not determinable, in which case the obligation must be performed within a reasonable time.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[A]n uncertain term that is determinable by reference to the happening of a future event is valid and enforceable, even though the date of the happening of that future event cannot be known until its occurrence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“a contract of employment for an indefinite duration may be terminated at the will of either party”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.