Berkebile v. Outen

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing that an illegal contract has always been unenforceable and that South Carolina courts will not enforce a contract which is violative of public policy, statutory law or provisions of the constitution
• holding § 32-1-10, originally enacted in 1712 when the Statutes of Anne were adopted, applied to losses incurred in playing legalized video gaming machines
• stating it is \improvident to judicially engraft extra requirements into legislation which is clear on its face\
• stating it is “improvident to judicially engraft extra requirements into legislation which is clear on its face”
• stating the legislature contemplated a policy which prevents a gambler from allowing his vice to overcome his ability to pay
• debating whether the Carolina gambling law allows for recovery from legal as well as illegal gambling contracts

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

61 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Brown v. South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2002-02-25· cited 135×
• Wooten v. Wooten
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2005-06-06· cited 102×
• Paschal v. State Election Commission
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1995-02-13· cited 102×
• Whitner v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1997-10-27· cited 99×
• Joytime Distributors & Amusement Co. v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1999-10-14· cited 91×
• State v. McKnight
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2003-01-27· cited 73×
• Eason v. Eason
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2009-08-31· cited 55×
• Grier v. Amisub of South Carolina, Inc.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2012-05-02· cited 50×
• Hainer v. American Medical International, Inc.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1997-10-14· cited 46×
• Tilley v. Pacesetter Corp.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2003-08-11· cited 38×
• Lester v. South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1999-03-22· cited 33×
• Beach Co. v. Twillman, Ltd.
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2002-07-08· cited 28×
• State v. Ard
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-09-14· cited 27×
• White v. JM Brown Amusement Co., Inc.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2004-08-09· cited 24×
• Scott v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1999-02-16· cited 21×
• Beaufort County v. South Carolina State Election Commission
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2011-11-22· cited 20×
• Sloan Construction Co. v. Southco Grassing, Inc.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2008-03-24· cited 19×
• State v. Baucom
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-05-08· cited 19×
• Swentor v. Swentor
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1999-07-06· cited 18×
• Mullinax v. J.M. Brown Amusement Co.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-11-16· cited 17×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Blackmon
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1991-04-22· cited 78×
• Citizens for Lee County, Inc. v. Lee County
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1992-04-22· cited 50×
• First Baptist Church of Mauldin v. City of Mauldin
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1992-04-27· cited 43×
• State Ex Rel. McLeod v. Montgomery
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1964-06-02· cited 36×
• Batchelor v. American Health Insurance
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1959-02-05· cited 22×
• McConnell v. Kitchens
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1884-03-01· cited 9×
• Duke Power Co. v. South Carolina Tax Commission
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1987-04-13· cited 8×
• Barret v. Hampton
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1807-11-15· cited 1×