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Supreme Court· 1/9/1967

Watkins v. Conway

Citations

  • 385 U.S. 188
  • 87 S. Ct. 357
  • 17 L. Ed. 2d 286
  • 1966 U.S. LEXIS 76

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that Georgia’s five-year statute of limitations for suits on out-of-state judgments does not deny full faith and credit
  • holding that Georgia’s five-year statute of limitations for suits on out-of-state judgments does not deny full faith and credit
  • holding that Georgia’s five-year statute of limitations for suits on out-of-state judgments does not deny full faith and credit
  • addressing a Georgia statute of limitations applicable to actions on foreign judgments
  • upholding the constitutionality of a Georgia statute similar to that in Florida
  • violation of equal protection clause for forum state to have different statutes of limitations for enforcement of foreign and domestic judgments

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Judges: Douglas

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

Cites

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