Snowden v. Osborne

How courts have described this case

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

• \[Punitive damages serve as] punishment for the wrongdoing ... and as an example so that others may be deterred from the commission of similar offenses thereby in theory protecting the public.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• James Leroy Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corporation and Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Defendants
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-01-22· cited 228×
• Andrew Jackson Life Ins. Co. v. Williams
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-07-25· cited 186×
• Standard Life Ins. Co. of Indiana v. Veal
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1977-11-09· cited 182×
• Bankers Life & Cas. Co. v. Crenshaw
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-09-11· cited 159×
• State Farm Fire and Cas. Co. v. Simpson
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-08-14· cited 121×
• C & C TRUCKING CO. v. Smith
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-12-17· cited 109×
• James Leroy Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corporation and Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Defendants
  Fifth Circuit· 1984-07-02· cited 91×
• Mutual Life Ins. Co. v. Estate of Wesson
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-11-12· cited 73×
• Mississippi Power Co. v. Jones
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1979-03-28· cited 70×
• Reserve Life Ins. Co. v. McGee
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1983-12-14· cited 69×
• Weems v. American SEC. Ins. Co.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-03-12· cited 65×
• First National Bank v. Langley
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1975-05-05· cited 54×
• Gardner v. Jones
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-02-20· cited 49×
• Employers Mut. Cas. Co. v. Tompkins
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-06-04· cited 49×
• National Life and Acc. Ins. Co. v. Miller
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-11-13· cited 46×
• Beta Beta Chapter of Beta Theta Pi v. May
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-12-17· cited 45×
• Jordan v. McKenna
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-12-27· cited 41×
• TCL, INC. v. Lacoste
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1983-05-11· cited 39×
• Ashland Oil, Inc. v. Miller Oil Purchasing Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-06-24· cited 36×
• Choctaw Maid Farms, Inc. v. Hailey
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2002-05-30· cited 33×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Fowler Butane Gas Co. v. Varner
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1962-05-21· cited 113×
• Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. Williams
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1905-11-15· cited 27×
• Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. May
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1913-03-15· cited 19×
• Anderson v. Jenkins
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1954-02-22· cited 16×
• United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. State Ex Rel. Stringfellow
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1966-02-14· cited 15×
• West Bros., Inc. v. Barefield
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1960-11-14· cited 10×