Ford v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that an agreement forfeiting renewal commissions in the event of competition is a restraint on trade and is unenforceable unless the restrictions are reasonable
• allowing evidence of escape to establish motive for murdering two persons and taking their vehicle
• rejecting argument that a noncompetition agreement lacking reasonable limitations is nevertheless enforceable because the employee ―was free to compete as long as he was willing to forego‖ the post-employment benefits

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Perry v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1982-11-15· cited 81×
• Jim Halsey Co., Inc. v. Bonar
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1985-02-04· cited 77×
• Clay Anthony Ford v. Larry Norris
  Eighth Circuit· 1995-11-21· cited 58×
• Hill v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1986-07-07· cited 57×
• Henry v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1983-02-28· cited 55×
• Branstetter v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2001-09-20· cited 45×
• Ward v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1992-02-24· cited 45×
• Miller v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1983-11-14· cited 36×
• Hendrickson v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1985-04-29· cited 35×
• Key v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1996-06-17· cited 33×
• Midgett v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1987-05-26· cited 31×
• Greene v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2001-03-08· cited 29×
• Ruiz v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1983-07-18· cited 28×
• Ward v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1989-04-24· cited 26×
• Pruett v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1984-04-30· cited 25×
• Hogan v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1984-01-30· cited 25×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1983-01-10· cited 17×
• Regalado v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1998-02-05· cited 14×
• Henderson v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1983-06-13· cited 14×
• Ford v. Arkansas
  Supreme Court· 1982-11-15· cited 12×

Cites

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

• Witherspoon v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 4,818×
• Swain v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1965-03-08· cited 3,183×
• Alford v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1954-03-15· cited 196×
• Collins v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1977-03-07· cited 143×
• Miller v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1980-10-06· cited 89×
• Westbrook v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1979-05-14· cited 63×
• Cromwell v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1980-05-27· cited 55×
• Hamblin v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1980-04-28· cited 47×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1979-01-22· cited 45×
• Ruiz v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1979-06-04· cited 43×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1981-10-05· cited 41×
• Swindler v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1978-07-17· cited 39×
• Grigsby v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1976-10-25· cited 37×
• Wilson v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1981-03-09· cited 34×
• Nail v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1959-11-02· cited 32×
• Brewer v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1980-12-01· cited 32×
• Hutcherson v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1977-12-12· cited 24×
• Shiras v. Britt
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1979-11-13· cited 19×
• Waters v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1980-11-10· cited 17×
• Cleveland Umbaugh v. Terrell Don Hutto, Commissioner of Corrections, State of Arkansas
  Eighth Circuit· 1973-10-29· cited 13×