Collins by Smith v. McMurry

How courts have described this case

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

• \[T]his Court has held on more than one occasion that a statement which qualifies as dictum does not have a binding effect.\
• “[T]his Court has held on more than one occasion that a statement which qualifies as dictum does not have a binding effect.”

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Cited by

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

• Cooper v. Crabb
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-09-11· cited 140×
• Cummings v. Benderman
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-09-12· cited 112×
• Lee v. Memorial Hosp. at Gulfport
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2008-12-11· cited 39×
• Adoption of D.N.T. v. R.D.H.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-04-24· cited 33×
• Mount v. Mount
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1993-09-30· cited 32×
• Huggins v. Wright
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2000-12-21· cited 19×
• Estate of Blount v. Papps
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-12-03· cited 15×
• Taylor v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2013-08-01· cited 11×
• MATTER OF ESTATE OF TALLANT v. Tallant
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-09-29· cited 8×
• Sullivan v. Kolb
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 1999-06-29· cited 7×
• Travis v. Hartford Acc. and Indem. Co.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1993-12-09· cited 4×
• Dungan v. Presley
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2000-08-15· cited 4×
• Beacham-Taylor v. Lewis
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2000-02-15· cited 3×
• Dunbar v. Renfroe
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2003-03-18· cited 3×
• Jordan v. Goodson
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-03-07· cited 2×
• Screws v. Watson
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2000-02-22· cited 2×
• Aron v. Reid
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2002-05-14· cited 2×
• Ricky Cummings v. Betty Benderman
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-10-17
• Charlena Wirtz v. Dennis R. Switzer
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1993-12-06
• Eddie Nicholson v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1993-12-02

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Valeriano v. Bronson
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-09-06· cited 174×
• Richardson v. Riley
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1978-03-01· cited 117×
• Johnson v. Brewer
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1983-02-16· cited 33×
• Atlas Properties, Inc. v. Didich
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1969-09-17· cited 31×
• In Re Estate of Granberry
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1975-03-31· cited 21×
• McKay v. McKay
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1975-05-05· cited 19×
• Ross v. Brasell
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-08-12· cited 17×
• USA Oil Corporation v. City of Lipscomb
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1974-09-12· cited 17×
• Seal v. Seal
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1975-04-28· cited 16×
• Stovall v. Stovall
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1978-05-31· cited 15×
• South Central Bell Telephone Co. v. Utility Regulatory Commission
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1982-08-31· cited 12×
• Pellegrin v. Pellegrin
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-10-30· cited 11×
• Wixom Bros. Co. v. Truck Ins. Exchange
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1983-06-03· cited 10×
• Matter of Estate of Varvaris
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-05-18· cited 9×
• Smith v. MISSISSIPPI EMPLOYMENT SEC. COM'N
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1977-03-30· cited 8×
• Gardner v. Pan-American Petroleum Corp.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1971-01-18· cited 2×
• Stark v. Stark
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1971-02-08· cited 1×