State Supreme Court / Ark.

West v. Searle & Co.

Decided March 18, 1991. Steele Hays wrote the opinion for the court.

806 S.W.2d 608 · Cited 65 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. Superior Court · 751 P.2d 470
Toner v. Lederle Laboratories · 732 P.2d 297
Joey Brown Interest, Inc. v. Merchants National Bank · 683 S.W.2d 601
Feldman v. Lederle Laboratories · 479 A.2d 374
Collins v. Eli Lilly & Co. · 342 N.W.2d 37
MacDonald v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp. · 475 N.E.2d 65
Ratliff v. Moss · 678 S.W.2d 369
E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. Dillaha · 659 S.W.2d 756
Harvey v. Eastman Kodak Co. · 610 S.W.2d 582
In Re Certified Questions · 358 N.W.2d 873
Armstrong v. Harrell · 648 S.W.2d 450
Odgers v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp. · 609 F. Supp. 867
Stephens v. G.D. Searle & Co. · 602 F. Supp. 379
Edwards v. Secretary of the Department of Health & Human Services · 572 F. Supp. 1235

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Skinner v. R.J. Griffin & Co. · 855 S.W.2d 913
J.W. Reynolds Lumber Co. v. Smackover State Bank · 836 S.W.2d 853
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MARTIN BY MARTIN v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp. · 661 N.E.2d 352
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Williams v. Arkansas Department of Correction · 207 S.W.3d 519
Tucker v. Sullivant · 370 S.W.3d 812
Smackover State Bank v. Oswalt · 307 Ark. 432
Russell v. Ashland, Inc. · 574 F. Supp. 2d 957
Cheatham v. TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA · 726 F. Supp. 2d 1021
Clayton v. Batesville Casket Co Inc. · 2015 Ark. App. 361

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