State Supreme Court / Ga.

Merrow v. Hawkins

Decided March 11, 1996. Hugh P. Thompson wrote the opinion for the court.

467 S.E.2d 336 · Cited 127 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.

Sparks v. Thurmond · 319 S.E.2d 46
Gilbert v. Richardson · 264 Ga. 744
Logue v. Wright · 392 S.E.2d 235
Nelson v. Spalding County · 290 S.E.2d 915
Postill v. Booth Newspapers, Inc · 325 N.W.2d 511
Flynn v. State · 339 S.E.2d 259
Partain v. Maddox · 206 S.E.2d 618
Price v. Owen · 19 S.E.2d 529
Mathis v. Nelson · 54 S.E.2d 710
Bishop v. State · 356 S.E.2d 503

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Caldwell v. Griffin Spalding County Board of Education · 503 S.E.2d 43
GA. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS v. Lamaine · 502 S.E.2d 766
Williams v. Solomon · 531 S.E.2d 734
Bajjani v. Gwinnett County School District · 630 S.E.2d 103
Adams v. Carlisle · 630 S.E.2d 529
Bontwell v. Department of Corrections · 486 S.E.2d 917
Hanse v. Phillips · 623 S.E.2d 746
Smith v. Little · 506 S.E.2d 675
Cameron v. Lang · 549 S.E.2d 341
Parker v. State · 507 S.E.2d 744
Anderson v. Cobb · 573 S.E.2d 417
Conley v. Dawson · 572 S.E.2d 34
Hazelwood v. Adams · 510 S.E.2d 147
Parrish v. Akins · 504 S.E.2d 276
Payne v. DeKalb County · 414 F. Supp. 2d 1158
Tkacik v. Chriss · 543 S.E.2d 392
Murphy v. Bajjani · 647 S.E.2d 54
Lathrop v. Deal · 301 Ga. 408
Selvy v. Morrison · 665 S.E.2d 401
Reed v. DeKalb County · 589 S.E.2d 584
Cantrell v. Thurman · 499 S.E.2d 416

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