Kent v. Kent

How courts have described this case

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

• “collateral estoppel applies where an issue of fact or law is actually litigated and determined by a valid judgment, and the determination is essential to the judgment. That determination is then conclusive in a subsequent action between the same parties.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Community State Bank v. Strong
  Eleventh Circuit· 2011-08-25· cited 141×
• Lops v. Lops
  Eleventh Circuit· 1998-05-07· cited 114×
• League v. Graham (In Re Graham)
  N.D. Georgia· 1996-01-16· cited 34×
• Haley v. Regions Bank
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-09-15· cited 31×
• Lusk v. Williams (In Re Williams)
  N.D. Georgia· 2002-08-22· cited 27×
• Travis Pruitt & Associates, P.C. v. Hooper
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-12-01· cited 24×
• Wickliffe v. Wickliffe Co., Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-07-16· cited 24×
• Gomez v. Peters
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-03-11· cited 21×
• In the Interest of B. G.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-03-14· cited 18×
• American States Insurance v. Walker
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-10-15· cited 15×
• Brown v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-09-14· cited 14×
• Perry v. Perry
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-02-27· cited 13×
• Hebbard v. Camacho (In Re Camacho)
  S.D. Georgia· 2009-05-14· cited 13×
• Black Island Homeowners Ass'n. v. Marra
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-09-17· cited 12×
• Quillen v. Quillen
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-10-23· cited 11×
• Pope v. Wagner (In Re Pope)
  N.D. Georgia· 1997-06-16· cited 11×
• Waits v. Waits
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-07-05· cited 10×
• Atlanta Casualty Insurance v. Gardenhire
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-02-14· cited 8×
• Dickerson v. Dickerson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-02-05· cited 6×
• Floody v. Kearney (In Re Kearney)
  S.D. Texas· 2010-06-24· cited 6×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Pinyan
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-07-15· cited 65×
• Boozer v. Higdon
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-03-14· cited 53×
• Weaver v. Jones
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1990-10-18· cited 36×
• Sorrells Construction Co. v. Chandler Armentrout & Roebuck, P.C.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-07-06· cited 28×
• Pearce v. Pearce
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-07-02· cited 20×
• Hendrix v. Stone
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-02-04· cited 18×
• King Sales Co., Inc. v. McKey
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1962-04-04· cited 11×
• Christmas v. Langston
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1978-05-17· cited 6×
• Allen v. Allen
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-01-30· cited 6×
• McGregor v. McGregor
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-06-08· cited 4×
• State v. Adkison
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1975-04-09· cited 2×