Sumner v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

Decided December 30, 1986. G. Mennen Williams wrote the opinion for the court.

398 N.W.2d 368 · Cited 113 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.

• Civil Rights Commission v. Chrysler Corp. · 263 N.W.2d 376
• Northville Public Schools v. Civil Rights Commission · 325 N.W.2d 497
• Tuttle v. Department of State Highways · 243 N.W.2d 244
• Department of Civil Rights Ex Rel. Cornell v. Edward W Sparrow Hospital Ass'n · 377 N.W.2d 755
• Moffett v. Gene B. Glick Co., Inc. · 621 F. Supp. 244
• Ferguson v. EI duPont De Nemours and Co., Inc. · 560 F. Supp. 1172
• Ganguly v. New York State Department of Mental Hygiene-Dunlap Manhattan Psychiatric Center · 511 F. Supp. 420
• Tarvesian v. Carr Division of TRW, Inc. · 407 F. Supp. 336
• Weiss v. United States · 595 F. Supp. 1050
• In the Interest of C.C. · 538 N.W.2d 664

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