State Supreme Court / R.I.

Catone v. Medberry

Decided March 6, 1989. Florence Kerins Murray wrote the opinion for the court.

555 A.2d 328 · Cited 65 times

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Becker v. Beaudoin · 261 A.2d 896
Knudsen v. Warner · 490 A.2d 976
Irwin v. Town of Ware · 467 N.E.2d 1292
Brennen v. City of Eugene · 591 P.2d 719
Ryan v. State · 656 P.2d 597
Schear v. Board of County Commissioners · 687 P.2d 728
Vanderpool v. State · 672 P.2d 1153
Calhoun v. City of Providence · 390 A.2d 350
Maple v. City of Omaha · 384 N.W.2d 254
Orzechowski v. State · 485 A.2d 545
Wood v. Milin. · 397 N.W.2d 479
Commercial Carrier Corp. v. Indian River Cty. · 371 So. 2d 1010
Hargrove v. Town of Cocoa Beach · 96 So. 2d 130
Pruett v. City of Rosedale · 421 So. 2d 1046
Leake v. Cain · 720 P.2d 152
Wilson v. Nepstad · 282 N.W.2d 664
Division of Corrections, Department of Health & Social Services v. Neakok · 721 P.2d 1121
Stewart v. Schmieder · 386 So. 2d 1351
Ryan v. State, Department of Transportation · 420 A.2d 841
O'BRIEN v. State · 555 A.2d 334
Saunders v. State · 446 A.2d 748
Laird v. Chrysler Corp. · 460 A.2d 425
Kowalski v. Campbell · 520 A.2d 973

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