State Supreme Court / Ark.

Matthews v. Rodgers

Decided May 31, 1983. John I. Purtle wrote the opinion for the court.

651 S.W.2d 453 · Cited 57 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.

Holmes v. Hollingsworth · 352 S.W.2d 96
Adkins v. Kelley · 424 S.W.2d 373
Williams v. Gates · 630 S.W.2d 34
Ray Dodge, Inc. v. Moore · 479 S.W.2d 518
St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Pennington · 553 S.W.2d 436
Farley v. Jester · 520 S.W.2d 200
Bolden v. State · 561 S.W.2d 281
Dunaway v. Troutt · 339 S.W.2d 613
Walker v. State · 408 S.W.2d 905
Cates v. Brown · 645 S.W.2d 658
Jordon v. State · 626 S.W.2d 947
Narisi v. Narisi · 320 S.W.2d 757
Dyer v. Payne · 246 Ark. 92

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