State Supreme Court / Or.

Sterling v. Cupp

Decided March 4, 1981. Thomas Tongue wrote the opinion for the court.

625 P.2d 123 · Cited 206 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. Multnomah County District Court · 570 P.2d 52
State v. Spada · 594 P.2d 815
City of Santa Barbara v. Adamson · 610 P.2d 436
Nordling v. Johnston · 287 P.2d 420
State v. Smyth · 593 P.2d 1166
Pelton v. General Motors Acceptance Corp. · 9 P.2d 128
Bonahoon v. State · 178 N.E. 570
Stotts v. Johnson · 235 P.2d 560
State v. Valdez · 561 P.2d 1006
State v. Brown · 497 P.2d 1191
State v. Quinn · 290 Or. 383
Megdal v. Oregon State Board of Dental Examiners · 605 P.2d 273
Fifth Avenue Corp. v. WASHINGTON COUNTY, ETC. · 581 P.2d 50
State v. Florance · 527 P.2d 1202
State v. Greene · 591 P.2d 1362
State v. Flores · 570 P.2d 965
Penrod v. Cupp · 581 P.2d 934
State v. Ivory · 564 P.2d 1039
State Ex Rel. Oregonian Publishing Co. v. Deiz · 613 P.2d 23
State v. Heintz · 594 P.2d 385
State v. Scharf · 605 P.2d 690
State v. Harmon · 358 P.2d 1048
Edwards, Guardian v. Hoevet · 200 P.2d 955
State v. Scurlock · 593 P.2d 1159
Chaney v. Fields Chevrolet Co. · 484 P.2d 824

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Bagley v. Watson · 579 F. Supp. 1099
Burlington Northern, Inc. v. Department of Revenue · 635 P.2d 347
State v. Scruggs · 274 Or. App. 575
Bott v. DeLand · 922 P.2d 732
Cleveland v. Goin · 703 P.2d 204
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