Phillips v. Baker

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that duress is a condition of the mind produced by improper pressure that causes a person to do an act not of his own volition
• noting that duress is a condition of the mind produced by improper pressure that causes a person to do an act not of his own volition
• finding the biological mother failed to establish she executed the consent form under duress
• finding the biological mother failed to establish she executed the consent form under duress
• “An adoption proceeding being a matter in equity heard by the trial judge alone, this Court’s scope of review extends to the finding of facts based on its own view of the preponderance of the evidence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Hooper v. Rockwell
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1999-02-22· cited 91×
• Randolph Johnson, Jr. v. City of Columbia, South Carolina, Randolph Johnson, Jr. v. The City of Columbia
  Fourth Circuit· 1991-11-22· cited 46×
• Hooters of America, Inc. v. Phillips
  D. South Carolina· 1998-03-12· cited 36×
• McCann v. Doe
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2008-04-07· cited 16×
• Hyman v. Ford Motor Co.
  D. South Carolina· 2001-02-22· cited 14×
• Johnson v. Horry County Department of Social Services
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1989-06-09· cited 6×
• Doe v. Queen
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2000-07-17· cited 2×
• Resolution Trust Corp. v. Palmetto Fort
  D. South Carolina· 1993-08-26· cited 2×
• In Re Sea Turtle Cinemas, Inc.
  D. South Carolina· 2010-12-09· cited 1×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Townes Associates, Ltd. v. City of Greenville
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1976-01-22· cited 749×
• Mitchell v. Mitchell
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1984-08-27· cited 54×
• S. O. v. W. S.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1982-04-30· cited 28×
• DRIGGERS ET UX. v. Jolley
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1951-03-08· cited 16×
• Baker v. Baker
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1981-06-09· cited 13×
• Hendrix v. Hunter
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1959-06-17· cited 11×
• Thomas R. v. South Carolina Department of Social Services
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1984-03-02· cited 11×
• Ellison v. Camby
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1977-06-28· cited 3×