Kelly v. Allen

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• holding that a normal parent-child relationship is not a confidential relationship absent “elements of dominion and control . . . .”

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Cited by

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

• Rawlings v. John Hancock Mutual Life Ins. Co.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2001-11-02· cited 272×
• Givens v. Mullikin Ex Rel. McElwaney
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2002-03-25· cited 229×
• Matlock v. Simpson
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1995-02-13· cited 122×
• Mitchell v. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1989-08-16· cited 120×
• In Re Estate of Elam
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1987-05-26· cited 116×
• Fell v. Rambo
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2000-05-05· cited 85×
• Kelley v. Johns
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2002-07-12· cited 65×
• Brown v. Weik
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1985-02-11· cited 54×
• Parham v. Walker
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1978-01-12· cited 49×
• Ware v. Ware
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2007-06-01· cited 46×
• Bills v. Lindsay
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1993-09-01· cited 45×
• Harper v. Watkins
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1983-12-09· cited 44×
• Williamson v. Upchurch
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1988-12-16· cited 41×
• Keasler v. Estate of Keasler
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1997-11-18· cited 39×
• Estate of Hamilton v. Morris
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2001-02-13· cited 37×
• In Re Estate of Maddox
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2001-05-09· cited 36×
• Crain v. Brown
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1991-05-01· cited 33×
• Taliaferro v. Green
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1981-08-10· cited 33×
• James Heflin v. Iberiabank Corporation
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2018-01-23· cited 32×
• Parish v. Kemp
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2008-12-11· cited 13×

Other cases named Kelly v. Allen

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Kelly v. Allen
  Ninth Circuit· 1931-05-18· cited 8×