Rutherford v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• investigators did not need specific authority to speak for the state on issue of driver’s negligence
• supreme court may affirm trial court's ruling on different grounds from those advanced by the trial court as the basis for that ruling
• \[T]he majority view is that an admission is not inadmissible because it is not based on firsthand knowledge or is made in the form of an otherwise inadmissible opinion.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• City of Amarillo v. Martin
  Texas Supreme Court· 1998-06-05· cited 198×
• Kabir v. County of Monroe
  New York Court of Appeals· 2011-02-17· cited 98×
• Bump v. Firemens Ins. Co. of Newark, NJ
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1986-01-24· cited 85×
• Berryman v. K Mart Corp.
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1992-02-18· cited 62×
• Hibpshman v. Prudhoe Bay Supply, Inc.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1987-03-27· cited 58×
• Knight v. American Guard & Alert, Inc.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1986-02-21· cited 57×
• Branson v. SUN-DIAMOND GROWERS OF CA.
  California Court of Appeal· 1994-04-21· cited 54×
• Nelson v. Jones
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1989-10-27· cited 53×
• Johnson v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1981-11-13· cited 51×
• Native Village of Eyak v. GC Contractors
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1983-01-14· cited 50×
• Ortiz Cruz v. Junta Hípica
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1973-10-31· cited 46×
• Russell v. Municipality of Anchorage
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1981-04-16· cited 34×
• State v. Gerlaugh
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1983-01-20· cited 31×
• Gerken v. Hy Vee, Inc.
  Nebraska Court of Appeals· 2003-05-06· cited 28×
• Osborne v. Russell
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1983-08-26· cited 27×
• Hubert v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1981-12-24· cited 27×
• Borelli v. Renaldi
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2020-06-24· cited 24×
• Sisters of Providence in Washington, Inc. v. Municipality of Anchorage
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1983-10-14· cited 22×
• METRO. DADE COUNTY v. Yearby
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-04-02· cited 18×
• Harned v. Dura Corporation
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1983-06-03· cited 17×

Cites

26 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Rodriguez v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.
  California Supreme Court· 1974-08-21· cited 260×
• Whittlesey v. Miller
  Texas Supreme Court· 1978-10-11· cited 223×
• Kaatz v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1975-09-17· cited 131×
• Jean Farner, as Administratrix of the Estate of John W. Farner, Deceased v. Paccar, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 1977-08-31· cited 119×
• Holiday Inns of America, Inc. v. Peck
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1974-03-26· cited 115×
• Stordahl v. Government Employees Insurance Co.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1977-05-13· cited 110×
• Schreiner v. Fruit
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1974-02-25· cited 53×
• City of Kalamazoo v. Priest
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1951-09-05· cited 48×
• Mallonee v. Finch
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1966-04-15· cited 45×
• State v. Kaatz
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1977-12-09· cited 42×
• Torres v. City of Los Angeles
  California Supreme Court· 1962-06-21· cited 40×
• Adkins v. Lester
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1974-12-16· cited 33×
• Mahlandt v. Wild Canid Survival & Research Center, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 1978-12-11· cited 29×
• Kaps Transport, Inc. v. Henry
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1977-12-02· cited 28×
• LE Spitzer Co., Inc. v. Barron
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1978-06-23· cited 27×
• Gilmour v. Strescon Industries, Inc.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1975-02-06· cited 24×
• Calvert Fire Ins. Co. v. Hall Funeral Home
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1953-12-02· cited 22×
• Wilson v. Sibert
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1975-05-22· cited 14×
• Teller v. Anchorage Asphalt Paving Co., Inc.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1976-01-08· cited 12×
• Adkins v. Lester
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1975-02-03· cited 10×