Brigance v. Velvet Dove Restaurant, Inc.

Decided July 8, 1986. Ralph B. Hodges wrote the opinion for the court.

725 P.2d 300 · Cited 134 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.

• Rappaport v. Nichols · 156 A.2d 1
• Ontiveros v. Borak · 667 P.2d 200
• Bielski v. Schulze · 16 Wis. 2d 1
• Thompson v. Presbyterian Hospital, Inc. · 652 P.2d 260
• Vanderpool v. State · 672 P.2d 1153
• Smith v. Clark · 411 Pa. 142
• Michnik-Zilberman v. Gordon's Liquor, Inc. · 453 N.E.2d 430
• Mason v. Roberts · 33 Ohio St. 2d 29
• Sorensen v. Jarvis · 350 N.W.2d 108
• Campbell v. Carpenter · 566 P.2d 893
• Trail v. Christian · 213 N.W.2d 618
• Hutchens v. Hankins · 303 S.E.2d 584
• Thaut v. Finley · 213 N.W.2d 820
• Lewis v. Wolf · 596 P.2d 705
• McCormack v. Oklahoma Publishing Co. · 613 P.2d 737
• Nazareno v. Urie · 638 P.2d 671
• Vance v. United States · 355 F. Supp. 756
• Sloan v. Owen · 579 P.2d 812
• Connolly v. Conlan · 371 N.W.2d 832

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