State Supreme Court / Mich.

People v. Gates

Decided March 5, 1990. Charles Levin wrote the opinion for the court.

452 N.W.2d 627 · Cited 210 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.

People v. Gates · 423 N.W.2d 668
Howell v. Vito's Trucking and Excavating Co. · 191 N.W.2d 313
State v. Alvey · 678 P.2d 5
United States v. Wheeler · 435 U.S. 313
Standefer v. United States · 447 U.S. 10
Thangavelu v. Department of Licensing & Regulation · 386 N.W.2d 584
Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois Foundation · 402 U.S. 313
Sunshine Anthracite Coal Co. v. Adkins · 310 U.S. 381
People v. Sims · 651 P.2d 321
Bowling v. State · 470 A.2d 797
Sealfon v. United States · 332 U.S. 575
Storey v. Meijer, Inc. · 429 N.W.2d 169
Jones v. Chambers · 91 N.W.2d 889
Bernhard v. Bank of America National Trust & Saving Association · 19 Cal. 2d 807
State v. Fritz · 204 Conn. 156
Gregory v. Commonwealth · 610 S.W.2d 598

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People v. Lee · 314 Mich. App. 266
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