Townsend v. Townsend

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that wife, claiming intentional tort by husband when he allegedly shot her, was not barred by inter-spousal immunity doctrine from bringing a tort action against husband
• explaining the prohibition of spouses from suing each other as resting on the reasoning that, because husband and wife are a single unit, allowing spouses to sue would be tantamount to party suing himself or herself
• Rule abrogated as to intentional torts

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Linda S. Kahn v. Farrell Kahn
  Eighth Circuit· 1994-04-21· cited 139×
• Zueck v. Oppenheimer Gateway Properties, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1991-06-11· cited 88×
• American Family Mutual Insurance Co. v. Ward
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1990-05-15· cited 52×
• Bozman v. Bozman
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2003-08-12· cited 43×
• S.A.V. v. K.G.V.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1986-04-15· cited 41×
• Burns v. Burns
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-01-13· cited 35×
• Tader v. Tader
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1987-06-05· cited 26×
• First Bank v. FISCHER & FRICHTEL, INC.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2012-04-12· cited 25×
• Thomas v. Siddiqui
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1994-01-25· cited 16×
• State Ex Rel. M.D.K. v. Dolan
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1998-05-05· cited 14×
• Hussman v. Government Employees Insurance Co.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1989-03-07· cited 13×
• Deuschle v. Jobe
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2000-10-31· cited 12×
• In Re Marriage of Parker
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1988-12-15· cited 11×
• In Re Estate of Blair
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2010-04-30· cited 11×
• Cameron Mutual Insurance Co. v. Proctor
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1988-01-12· cited 10×
• Ferguson v. Gateway Insurance Co.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2004-12-28· cited 8×
• Fuller v. TLC Property Management, LLC
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2013-06-07· cited 7×
• Waite v. Waite
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-02-11· cited 6×
• Ray v. Wisdom
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2005-07-05· cited 6×
• Strout Realty, Inc. v. Henry
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1988-10-03· cited 6×

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Gustafson v. Benda
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1983-12-20· cited 268×
• Jones v. State Highway Commission
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1977-09-12· cited 204×
• Klein v. Klein
  California Supreme Court· 1962-11-09· cited 125×
• Novak v. Kansas City Transit, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1963-03-11· cited 87×
• Brown v. Gosser
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1953-11-20· cited 81×
• Steggall Ex Rel. Stegall v. Morris
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1953-06-08· cited 75×
• Self v. Self
  California Supreme Court· 1962-11-09· cited 66×
• Brawner v. Brawner
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1959-09-14· cited 63×
• Osborne v. Purdome
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1951-12-10· cited 58×
• Rogers v. Rogers
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1915-05-25· cited 58×
• Clow v. Chapman
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1894-11-26· cited 42×
• S.A.V. v. K.G.V.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1986-04-15· cited 41×
• Hamilton v. Fulkerson
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1955-12-12· cited 36×
• Ennis Ex Rel. Munday v. Truhitte
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1957-11-12· cited 32×
• Ebel v. Ferguson
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1972-04-10· cited 22×
• Renfrow v. Gojohn
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1980-04-07· cited 19×
• State v. Heistand
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1986-04-15· cited 15×
• Nebbitt v. Nebbitt
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1979-11-14· cited 14×