State Supreme Court / Ga.

Benton v. Benton

Decided April 25, 2006. P. Harris Hines wrote the opinion for the court.

629 S.E.2d 204 · Cited 104 times

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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.

Period Homes, Ltd. v. Wallick · 569 S.E.2d 502
Wolfork v. Tackett · 540 S.E.2d 611
Home Builders Ass'n of Savannah, Inc. v. Chatham County · 577 S.E.2d 564
Johnson v. Trust Co. Bank · 478 S.E.2d 629
Clark v. Perino · 509 S.E.2d 707
Suarez v. Halbert · 543 S.E.2d 733
Southmark Corp. v. Trotter, Smith & Jacobs · 442 S.E.2d 265
Morton v. Stewart · 266 S.E.2d 230
Brookins v. Brookins · 357 S.E.2d 77
Byrd v. JRC Towne Lake, Ltd. · 484 S.E.2d 309
Southworth v. Southworth · 461 S.E.2d 215
Collins v. West American Insurance · 368 S.E.2d 772
Dial v. Adkins · 595 S.E.2d 332
Egerton v. Jolly · 212 S.E.2d 462
Progressive Casualty Insurance v. Evans · 623 S.E.2d 767
Burgess v. Nabers · 177 S.E.2d 266
Brady v. Brady · 187 S.E.2d 258

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