Coker v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that the \principal purpose” of the Act was \to prevent those deemed too dangerous or irresponsible due to age, criminal background, or incompetency from obtaining firearms and ammunition”
• recognizing violation of § 922 constitutes negligence per se if the state where the sale occurs recognizes that violation of a penal statute is negligence per se
• allegation in complaint that defendant negligently sold ammunition to a minor in violation of section 922(b)(1) sufficient to survive a motion to dismiss in negligence per se claim

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Rains v. Bend of the River
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2003-07-31· cited 112×
• City of New York v. A-1 Jewelry & Pawn, Inc.
  E.D. New York· 2007-12-18· cited 33×
• Moultrie v. Consolidated Stores Intern. Corp.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-04-25· cited 23×
• Martin v. Schroeder
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2005-02-09· cited 23×
• Newsome v. Haffner
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-04-29· cited 15×
• City of New York v. A-1 Jewelry & Pawn, Inc.
  E.D. New York· 2007-08-15· cited 15×
• Brown v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  W.D. Tennessee· 1997-06-09· cited 14×
• Estate of Pemberton v. John's Sports Center, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2006-06-02· cited 13×
• Deese v. McKinnonville Hunting Club, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-06-18· cited 11×
• IBP, Inc. v. Hady Enterprises, Inc.
  N.D. Florida· 2002-02-26· cited 10×
• Angel Colon v. Twitter, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2021-09-27· cited 9×
• Boles v. United States
  M.D. North Carolina· 2014-02-26· cited 5×
• Fritsch v. Rocky Bayou Country Club, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-11-16· cited 4×
• K-Mart Corp. v. Kitchen
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-10-18· cited 4×
• SDI Quarry a/k/a Atlantic Civil, Inc. v. Gateway Estates Park Condominium Association
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-06-22
• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Coker
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-06-23
• National Rifle Association v. Commissioner, Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement
  Eleventh Circuit· 2025-03-14

Cites

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

• McCain v. Florida Power Corporation
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-01-23· cited 474×
• Huddleston v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1974-03-26· cited 422×
• Bondu v. Gurvich
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-06-05· cited 92×
• Paterson v. Deeb
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-06-12· cited 82×
• Schatz v. 7-Eleven, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1961-04-11· cited 79×
• Holley v. Mt. Zion Terrace Apartments, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-03-25· cited 70×
• Rubin v. Johnson
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1990-02-19· cited 66×
• Phyllis Sosa, Dennis Sosa and Alicia Sosa Sierra v. Melvin G. Coleman, Sheriff of Orange County, or His Successor
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-06-01· cited 50×
• Tamiami Gun Shop v. Klein
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1959-12-16· cited 44×
• Robinson v. Howard Bros. of Jackson, Inc.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1979-05-09· cited 38×
• Bruce A. Decker, Shelley R. Decker, Henry L. Etheridge, Etc. v. Gibson Products Company of Albany, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1982-06-21· cited 34×
• Franco v. Bunyard
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1977-02-28· cited 32×
• K-Mart Enterprises of Fla., Inc. v. Keller
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-09-27· cited 30×
• Ellis v. NGN of Tampa, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1991-09-19· cited 30×
• James Hetherton and Carol Hetherton, His Wife v. Sears, Roebuck & Company, a New York Corporation
  Third Circuit· 1979-02-16· cited 29×
• Allen v. Babrab, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1983-08-25· cited 26×
• Bonifay v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-09-02· cited 24×
• Crown v. Raymond
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1988-06-16· cited 20×
• Fly v. Cannon
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1992-02-11· cited 18×
• West v. MacHe of Cochran, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-05-06· cited 17×