State Supreme Court / N.J.

Matter of Estate of Dawson

Decided July 15, 1994. Robert L. Clifford wrote the opinion for the court.

641 A.2d 1026 · Cited 141 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.

In Re Trust Under Will of Arens · 197 A.2d 1
Matter of Coruzzi · 472 A.2d 546
City of Plainfield v. Public Service Electric and Gas Company · 412 A.2d 759
Wilson v. Flowers · 277 A.2d 199
Wunschel v. City of Jersey City · 477 A.2d 329
State v. Redinger · 312 A.2d 129
Matter of Estate of Branigan · 609 A.2d 431
In Re the Estate of Munger · 309 A.2d 205
Fisher v. Paine · 311 P.2d 438
Geier v. Mercantile-Safe Deposit & Trust Co. · 328 A.2d 311
In re City Bank Farmers Trust Co. · 4 N.Y.2d 646
In Re the Estate of Fera · 139 A.2d 23
Pittman v. LaFontaine · 756 F. Supp. 834
Anacomp, Inc. v. Wright · 449 N.E.2d 610
Keller Industries, Inc. v. Fineberg · 203 So. 2d 644

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