Brown v. Smith

How courts have described this case

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

• a trespass violation entitles the plaintiff to nominal damages, whereas an injury to the property itself would entitle the plaintiff to compensatory damages
• a trespass violation entitles the plaintiff to nominal damages, whereas an injury to the property itself would entitle the plaintiff to compensatory damages
• “When a court ... makes a nominal damages award, ... it need not focus on the injury to the plaintiff, but merely on recognition of the right.” (citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Roberson v. C.P. Allen Constr. Co., Inc.
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2010-05-07· cited 20×
• Gladys Gardner v. GMAC, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 2015-08-06· cited 16×
• Brooks v. Jenkins
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2014-12-16· cited 15×
• Norton v. Holcomb
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-03-29· cited 11×
• Yacoubou v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
  D. Maryland· 2012-09-28· cited 11×
• American Civil Liberties Union Foundation v. Leopold
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2015-05-28· cited 4×

Cites

36 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Rohrbeck v. Rohrbeck
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1989-12-06· cited 173×
• Karen Romano v. U-Haul International, U-Haul Company of Maine, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2000-12-07· cited 167×
• Taquino v. Teledyne Monarch Rubber
  Fifth Circuit· 1990-02-12· cited 93×
• Houghton v. County Comm'rs of Kent Co.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1986-02-25· cited 80×
• Barbier v. Barry
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1961-03-17· cited 64×
• Horsey v. Horsey
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1993-03-08· cited 58×
• Chesapeake & Potomac Tel. Co. v. Clay
  D.C. Circuit· 1952-02-14· cited 57×
• Wilde v. Swanson
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1988-10-25· cited 53×
• Flanagan v. Prudhomme
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1994-06-15· cited 46×
• Cummings v. Connell
  Ninth Circuit· 2005-03-28· cited 43×
• Miller v. BAY CITY PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOC., INC.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2006-07-31· cited 41×
• Hummel v. Mid Dakota Clinic, P.C.
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1995-01-25· cited 41×
• Montgomery County v. REVERE NATIONAL CORP., INC.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1996-02-06· cited 40×
• Doehring v. Wagner
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1987-12-09· cited 39×
• Creem v. Cicero
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1987-11-17· cited 36×
• Walbert v. Walbert
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1987-10-05· cited 33×
• Miller v. Kirkpatrick
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2003-10-09· cited 29×
• Pierson v. Brooks
  Idaho Court of Appeals· 1989-01-03· cited 28×
• Davidson v. Schneider
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1961-09-11· cited 28×
• Henderson v. For-Shor Co.
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1988-06-10· cited 27×