State Court of Appeals / Ga. Ct. App.

Shellenberger v. Tanner

Decided April 5, 1976. Braswell D. Deen Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

227 S.E.2d 266 · Cited 88 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.

International Shoe Co. v. Washington · 326 U.S. 310
Coe & Payne Co. v. Wood-Mosaic Corp. · 195 S.E.2d 399
Byham v. National Cibo House Corporation · 143 S.E.2d 225
O. N. Jonas Co. v. B & P Sales Corp. · 206 S.E.2d 437
O'Neal Steel, Inc. v. Smith · 169 S.E.2d 827
Nelson v. Miller · 143 N.E.2d 673
Tyee Construction Co. v. Dulien Steel Products, Inc. · 381 P.2d 245
Phillips v. Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation · 413 P.2d 732
Beck v. Spindler · 256 Minn. 543
Dillingham v. Doctors Clinic, P. A. · 223 S.E.2d 625
J. C. Penney Co. v. Malouf Co. · 196 S.E.2d 145
Gem City Motors, Inc. v. Minton · 137 S.E.2d 522
Southern v. Floyd · 80 S.E.2d 490
Castleberry v. Gold Agency, Inc. · 185 S.E.2d 557
Coe & Payne Co. v. Wood Mosaic Corp. · 189 S.E.2d 459
Jackson v. Smith · 96 S.E.2d 193
Smith v. O'Neal Steel, Inc. · 171 S.E.2d 519
Shearouse v. Paul Miller Ford Co. · 127 Ga. App. 639
Green v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. · 205 U.S. 530
St. Clair v. Cox · 106 U.S. 350
The Lafayette Ins. Co. v. FRENCH · 59 U.S. 404
Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co. v. McKibbin · 243 U.S. 264
McDonald v. Mabee · 243 U.S. 90
St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. of Texas v. Alexander · 227 U.S. 218
Henrietta Mining & Milling Co. v. Johnson · 173 U.S. 221

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