State Supreme Court / Ark.

Middleton v. Lockhart

Decided April 26, 2001. Annabelle Clinton Imber wrote the opinion for the court.

43 S.W.3d 113 · Cited 54 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.

Brown v. Tucker · 954 S.W.2d 262
Bakker v. Ralston · 932 S.W.2d 325
Myrick v. Myrick · 2 S.W.3d 60
Simmons First Bank v. Bob Callahan Services, Inc. · 13 S.W.3d 570
Monroe v. Monroe · 465 S.W.2d 347
Bank of Hoxie v. Graham · 44 S.W.2d 1099
Hodges v. Huckabee · 995 S.W.2d 341
Burcham v. City of Van Buren · 954 S.W.2d 266
Stephens v. Arkansas School for the Blind · 20 S.W.3d 397
Dunklin v. Ramsay · 944 S.W.2d 76
Ramirez v. White County Circuit Court · 38 S.W.3d 298
Womack v. Foster · 8 S.W.3d 854
Francis v. Francis · 31 S.W.3d 841
National Bank of Commerce v. Dow Chemical Co. · 1 S.W.3d 443
Vesper v. Woolsey · 332 S.W.2d 602
Benedict v. Arbor Acres Farm, Inc. · 579 S.W.2d 605
Lyle v. Latourette · 192 S.W.2d 521
Whitaker & Co. v. Sewer Improvement District No. 1 · 318 S.W.2d 831
Arkansas Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Hayes · 637 S.W.2d 592
Whorton v. Gaspard · 393 S.W.2d 773
Maloney v. McCullough · 221 S.W.2d 770
Brooks v. Goodwin · 123 Ark. 607
Buchbinder v. Bank of America, N.A. · 30 S.W.3d 707
Rowe v. Gose · 401 S.W.2d 745
Automotive Supply, Inc. v. Powell · 599 S.W.2d 735

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Wright v. State · 198 S.W.3d 537
Middleton v. Lockhart · 216 S.W.3d 98
DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Smelser · 289 S.W.3d 466
Nielsen v. Berger-Nielsen · 69 S.W.3d 414
The Ballard Grp. Inc. v. BP Lubricants USA Inc. · 2014 Ark. 276
Middleton v. Lockhart · 139 S.W.3d 500
Smith v. Fox · 193 S.W.3d 238
Poff v. Brown · 288 S.W.3d 620
Jewell v. Fletcher · 377 S.W.3d 176
Crooked Creek, III, Inc. v. City of Greenwood · 101 S.W.3d 829
Ainsworth v. State · 240 S.W.3d 105
Ferguson v. State · 2016 Ark. 319
City of Fort Smith v. Didicom Towers, Inc. · 209 S.W.3d 344
Office of Child Support Enforcement v. Morgan · 219 S.W.3d 175
Sutton v. Gardner · 387 S.W.3d 185
Haile v. Johnston · 2016 Ark. 52
Williams v. Wayne Farms, LLC · 243 S.W.3d 316
Moody v. Moody · 2017 Ark. App. 582
Smith v. State · 61 S.W.3d 168
Arkansas Hearing Instrument Dispenser Board v. Vance · 197 S.W.3d 495
State v. Jernigan · 385 S.W.3d 776
Middleton v. Lockhart · 388 S.W.3d 451
Bronakowski v. Lindhurst · 324 S.W.3d 719
First National Bank & Trust Co. v. Stonebridge Life Insurance · 619 F.3d 951
State v. Stites · 300 S.W.3d 103

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