Pinckney v. Warren

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that retroactivity may be extended when justice requires and innocent persons will be adversely affected
• recognizing the appellant has the burden of convincing the appellate court that the trial judge erred
• discussing the development of the Mitchell standard, and explaining that its strict requirements “promote stability and prevent both fraudulent challenges to, and fraudulent assertions of, paternity”
• finding the appellant in an equitable action has the burden of convincing the appellate court that the trial court committed error
• stating the broad scope of review in an appeal from an action in equity does not relieve the appellant of the burden of convincing the appellate court that the trial court erred in its findings
• retroactivity may be extended when justice requires and innocent persons will not be adversely affected

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).