Molo Oil Co. v. River City Ford Truck Sales, Inc.

Decided May 28, 1998. K David Harris wrote the opinion for the court.

578 N.W.2d 222 · Cited 160 times

Official text

Read the full opinion (CourtListener)

We don’t host opinion text or publish a summary of this ruling — read the official public-domain text for the court’s holding and reasoning, and verify against the primary source.

Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Iowa-Illinois Gas & Elec. Co. v. Black & Veatch · 497 N.W.2d 821
• Lenertz v. Municipal Court of City of Davenport · 219 N.W.2d 513
• Morgan v. American Family Mutual Insurance · 534 N.W.2d 92
• Meier v. Alfa-Laval, Inc. · 454 N.W.2d 576
• Konicek v. Loomis Bros., Inc. · 457 N.W.2d 614
• Magnusson Agency v. Public Entity National Co.-Midwest · 560 N.W.2d 20
• Larsen v. United Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n of Des Moines · 300 N.W.2d 281
• Ryan v. Kanne · 170 N.W.2d 395
• Thompson v. Bohlken · 312 N.W.2d 501
• Haupt v. Miller · 514 N.W.2d 905
• Dutcher v. Randall Foods · 546 N.W.2d 889
• Clark-Peterson Co. v. Independent Insurance Associates, Ltd. · 514 N.W.2d 912
• Mensink v. American Grain · 564 N.W.2d 376
• Stepp v. Duffy · 654 N.E.2d 767
• Lair v. Lewis Service Center, Inc. · 428 F. Supp. 778
• Mitchell v. White Motor Credit Corp. · 627 F. Supp. 1241
• Davis v. Dils Motor Co. · 566 F. Supp. 1360
• Rouse v. Union Township · 530 N.W.2d 714
• In Re the Guardianship & Conservatorship of Collins · 327 N.W.2d 230
• W.W. Wallwork, Inc. v. Duchscherer · 501 N.W.2d 751

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

• Williams v. SECURITY NAT. BANK OF SIOUX CITY, IA. · 293 F. Supp. 2d 958
• Kaydon Acquisition Corp. v. Custum Manufacturing, Inc. · 317 F. Supp. 2d 896
• Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co. v. Jungling · 654 N.W.2d 530
• Wachovia Securities, L.L.C. v. Stanton · 571 F. Supp. 2d 1014
• UNION COUNTY, IA v. Piper Jaffray & Co., Inc. · 741 F. Supp. 2d 1064
• Van Arkel v. Warren County · 365 F. Supp. 2d 979
• Western Reserve Life Assur. Co. of Ohio v. Bratton · 464 F. Supp. 2d 814
• Royal Indemnity Co. v. Factory Mutual Insurance Co. · 786 N.W.2d 839
• Nationwide Agribusiness Insurance v. SMA Elevator Construction Inc. · 816 F. Supp. 2d 631
• Central States Industrial Supply, Inc. v. McCullough · 279 F. Supp. 2d 1005
• Dinsdale Construction, LLC v. Lumber Specialties, Ltd. · 888 N.W.2d 644
• Lyons v. Midwest Glazing · 265 F. Supp. 2d 1061
• Williams v. Finance Plaza, Inc. · 23 S.W.3d 656
• Kish v. Iowa Central Community College · 142 F. Supp. 2d 1084
• Nationwide Agribusiness v. Structural Restoration, Inc. · 705 F. Supp. 2d 1070
• Dishman v. American General Assurance Co. · 187 F. Supp. 2d 1073
• Waterman v. Nashua-Plainfield Community School District · 446 F. Supp. 2d 1018
• Sourcecorp BPS, Inc. v. Kenwood Records Management, Inc. · 548 F. Supp. 2d 673
• DeVoss v. State · 648 N.W.2d 56
• Quinn v. Cherry Lane Auto Plaza, Inc. · 153 Wash. App. 710
• Van Sickle Construction Co. v. Wachovia Commercial Mortgage, Inc. · 783 N.W.2d 684
• Sain v. Cedar Rapids Community School District · 626 N.W.2d 115
• Kern v. Palmer College of Chiropractic · 757 N.W.2d 651
• Iowa Mortgage Center, L.L.C. v. Lana Baccam and Phouthone Sylavong · 841 N.W.2d 107
• Lovick v. Wil-Rich · 588 N.W.2d 688

Explore from here

K David Harris’s Judicial Record · Iowa · How we source opinions

Source: opinion metadata, authorship, and citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data (public domain). Data last verified 2026-07-09. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).