State Court of Appeals / Ga. Ct. App.

Holiday Inns, Inc. v. Newton

Decided February 10, 1981. John Woodward Sognier wrote the opinion for the court.

278 S.E.2d 85 · Cited 67 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.

Scheer v. Cliatt · 212 S.E.2d 29
Farris v. Sneed · 241 S.E.2d 605
Werbin & Tenenbaum, Inc. v. Heard · 173 S.E.2d 114
Murphy v. Holiday Inns, Inc. · 216 Va. 490
Shockley v. Zayre of Atlanta, Inc. · 165 S.E.2d 179
Waldrep v. Goodwin · 195 S.E.2d 432
Manis v. Gulf Oil Corporation · 185 S.E.2d 589
Daniel v. Georgia Power Co. · 247 S.E.2d 139
Buchanan v. Canada Dry Corp. · 226 S.E.2d 613
Arthur Murray, Inc. v. Smith · 183 S.E.2d 66
Bowling v. Janmar, Inc. · 234 S.E.2d 849
Anthony v. Anthony · 230 S.E.2d 752
Erikson v. Hewlett · 93 S.E.2d 563

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