State Supreme Court / N.J.

Dewey v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Decided July 26, 1990. Robert L. Clifford wrote the opinion for the court.

577 A.2d 1239 · Cited 154 times

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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.

Suter v. San Angelo Foundry & MacHine Company · 406 A.2d 140
O'BRIEN v. Muskin Corp. · 463 A.2d 298
Southern Pacific Co. v. Wheaton Brass Works · 76 A.2d 890
Forster v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. · 437 N.W.2d 655
State v. Coleman · 214 A.2d 393
MacDonald v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp. · 475 N.E.2d 65
Campos v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. · 485 A.2d 305
Bethlehem Steel Co. v. New York State Labor Relations Board · 330 U.S. 767
English v. General Electric Co. · 496 U.S. 72
Hillsborough County v. Automated Medical Laboratories, Inc. · 471 U.S. 707
Barker v. Lull Engineering Co. · 573 P.2d 443
Chicago & North Western Transportation Co. v. Kalo Brick & Tile Co. · 450 U.S. 311
Schneidewind v. ANR Pipeline Co. · 485 U.S. 293
Burch v. Amsterdam Corporation · 366 A.2d 1079
Southern Burlington County N.A.A.C.P. v. Township of Mount Laurel · 456 A.2d 390
Feldman v. Lederle Laboratories · 479 A.2d 374
Gibbons v. Gibbons · 432 A.2d 80
Freund v. Cellofilm Properties, Inc. · 432 A.2d 925
Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines, Inc. v. Rosenthal · 102 A.2d 587
State v. Norflett · 337 A.2d 609
Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc. · 593 F. Supp. 1146
Exxon Corp. v. Hunt · 481 A.2d 271
Louisiana Pub. Serv. Comm'n v. FCC · 476 U.S. 355
MacGillivray v. Lederle Laboratories Division, American Cyanimid Co. · 667 F. Supp. 743
Palmer v. Liggett Group, Inc. · 633 F. Supp. 1171

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