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Supreme Court of South Carolina· 6/11/1985

Langley v. Boyter

Citations

  • 332 S.E.2d 100
  • 286 S.C. 85
  • 1985 S.C. LEXIS 445

How courts have described this case

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

  • reversing this court’s adoption of comparative negligence and holding, “That issue must await the permission of [the supreme court] before a change in this basic, well-established law is brought about, unless the Legislature acts on the matter beforehand.”
  • this court is without authority to dismiss an appeal on the same ground the Supreme Court has previously denied a motion for dismissal
  • “[Ajppellate courts in this state, like well-behaved children, do not speak unless spoken to and do not answer questions they are not asked.”
  • “[A]ppellate courts in this state, like well-behaved children, do not speak unless spoken to and do not answer questions they are not asked.”
  • “The doctrine of stare decisis says that where a principle of law has become settled by a series of court decisions, it should be followed in similar cases.” (emphasis added)
  • “[Ajppellate courts in this state, like well-behaved children, do not speak unless spoken to and do not answer questions they are not asked.”

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Judges: Per Curiam

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