State Supreme Court / Ga.

Denton v. Con-Way Southern Express, Inc.

Decided March 15, 1991. George T. Smith wrote the opinion for the court.

402 S.E.2d 269 · Cited 86 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.

City of Atlanta v. Southern Railway Co. · 101 S.E.2d 707
Garrett v. State · 188 S.E.2d 920
Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Wright · 207 U.S. 127
Bennett v. Haley · 208 S.E.2d 302
Grayned v. City of Rockford · 408 U.S. 104
State v. Thornton · 322 S.E.2d 711
Flewellen v. Atlanta Casualty Co. · 300 S.E.2d 673
Helfend v. Southern California Rapid Transit District · 465 P.2d 61
Colonial Pipeline Co. v. Brown · 365 S.E.2d 827
Green v. State · 398 S.E.2d 360
Thompson v. Talmadge · 41 S.E.2d 883
City Council of Augusta v. Lee · 264 S.E.2d 683
Moore v. Price · 281 S.E.2d 269
Poulos v. McMahan · 297 S.E.2d 451
CINCINNATI, NO &C. R. CO. v. Hilley · 173 S.E.2d 242
Collins v. Davis · 366 S.E.2d 769
FRED F. FRENCH MANAGEMENT CO. v. Long · 314 S.E.2d 666

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