State Supreme Court / N.J.

G.S. v. Department of Human Services

Decided February 17, 1999. Marie Louise Garibaldi wrote the opinion for the court.

723 A.2d 612 · Cited 330 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.

Linden Motor Freight Co., Inc. v. Travelers Ins. Co. · 193 A.2d 217
Foldi v. Jeffries · 461 A.2d 1145
McLaughlin v. Rova Farms, Inc. · 266 A.2d 284
New Jersey Guild of Hearing Aid Dispensers v. Long · 384 A.2d 795
Chase Manhattan Bank v. Josephson · 638 A.2d 1301
Fielder v. Stonack · 661 A.2d 231
United States Mutual Accident Ass'n v. Barry · 131 U.S. 100
Sellnow v. Perales · 158 A.D.2d 846
Mayflower Securities Co. v. Bureau of Securities · 312 A.2d 497
Alan J. Cornblatt, PA v. Barow · 708 A.2d 401
State v. P.Z. · 152 N.J. 86
State v. Sutton · 625 A.2d 1132
Egan v. Erie Railroad · 148 A.2d 830
State v. Reynolds · 592 A.2d 194
In re James HH. · 234 A.D.2d 783
Perrine v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America · 265 A.2d 521
Shields v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America · 79 A.2d 297
Krauth v. Israel Geller and Buckingham Homes, Inc. · 157 A.2d 129
Miller v. Newsweek, Inc. · 660 F. Supp. 852

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In Re the Adoption of a Child by W.P. · 748 A.2d 515
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