Simpson v. Simpson

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that in a civil case, although a person has the right to invoke the Fifth Amendment and refuse to testify, an inference against his interest may be drawn by the factfinder when he does so
• party and third-party witness both invoked the privilege and refused to testify concerning relationship between them
• where the underlying judgment is affirmed, the appeal of the trial court’s supersedeas ruling regarding that judgment is rendered moot
• “[A]l-though a person does have a right to invoke the privilege in a civil case in order to protect himself, when he does so, an inference against his interest may be drawn by the factfinder.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Elliott v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-02-18· cited 196×
• City of Philadelphia v. Kenny
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-02-08· cited 69×
• Griffith v. Griffith
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1998-10-12· cited 65×
• Ostroff v. Coyner
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-04-27· cited 40×
• Miller v. Miller
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-11-22· cited 30×
• Melissa W. v. Department of Child Safety
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2015-08-13· cited 27×
• E. H. Boerth Co. v. Lad Properties
  D. Minnesota· 1979-05-16· cited 19×
• Perez v. ATLANTA CHECK CASHERS, INC.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-03-17· cited 18×
• Hathcock v. Hathcock
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-02-09· cited 17×
• Sanders v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-02-04· cited 17×
• Jefferson Ins. Co. of New York v. Dunn
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-06-06· cited 12×
• Bell v. Bell
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-04-09· cited 11×
• In Matter of Robert A. Meier
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-05-30· cited 11×
• In the Interest of S. B.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-01-18· cited 11×
• Dempsey v. Kaminski Jewelry, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-03-28· cited 9×
• Evans v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-02-14· cited 8×
• Brewer v. Brewer
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-05-25· cited 8×
• Hawkins v. Hawkins
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-10-24· cited 8×
• Blackmore v. Blackmore
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-10-07· cited 8×
• Cleveland v. Albany Urology Clinic, P.C.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-11-19· cited 7×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Allen v. Lindeman
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1967-02-07· cited 44×
• Howard v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1970-11-05· cited 27×
• Harwell v. Harwell
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1962-03-05· cited 27×
• Gravett v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1884-11-11· cited 22×
• Higdon v. Heard
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1853-08-15· cited 16×
• Loewenherz v. Merchants & Mechanics Bank
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1916-01-15· cited 14×
• Harrison v. Powers
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1886-06-01· cited 12×
• Johnson v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1962-05-21· cited 9×
• Gaughf v. Gaughf
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1958-10-10· cited 5×