Whitten v. Whitten

How courts have described this case

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

• although substantive rights of parties to action are governed by state where cause of action arose, procedural matters are dictated by law of forum
• “Because application of the statute of limitations is a procedural matter, Nebraska’s statute of limitations governed, rather than that of ... the state where the cause of action allegedly arose.”
• “Because application of the statute of limitations is a procedural matter, Nebraska’s statute of limitations governed, rather than that of Colorado, the state where the cause of action allegedly arose.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Nebraska Nutrients, Inc. v. Shepherd
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2001-05-11· cited 135×
• Richardson v. Griffiths
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1997-02-28· cited 106×
• Deuth v. Ratigan
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1999-03-12· cited 81×
• Boettcher v. Balka
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1997-05-23· cited 54×
• PSB Credit Services, Inc. v. Rich
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1997-01-10· cited 53×
• Richard \Bud\ Steen v. Robert Murray
  Eighth Circuit· 2014-10-21· cited 44×
• Harris v. OMAHA HOUSING AUTHORITY
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2005-06-17· cited 37×
• Kratochvil v. Motor Club Ins. Ass'n
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1999-01-22· cited 25×
• Kirwan v. Chicago Title Insurance
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2001-04-20· cited 13×
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. Nordbrock
  Eighth Circuit· 1997-01-16· cited 8×
• Kirwan v. Chicago Title Insurance
  Nebraska Court of Appeals· 2000-06-20· cited 5×
• Federal Deposit Insurance v. Nordbrock
  Eighth Circuit· 1996-12-06· cited 5×
• Steen v. Murray
  D. Nebraska· 2013-06-28· cited 1×
• In re Estate of Mueller
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2025-06-06

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Central States Resources, Corp. v. First National Bank
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1993-06-04· cited 87×
• Millman v. County of Butler
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1990-07-27· cited 70×
• Denver Wood Products Co. v. Frye
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1979-02-06· cited 17×
• Calvert v. Roberts Dairy Co.
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1993-03-05· cited 13×
• Crystal Clear Optical, Inc. v. Silver
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1995-05-12· cited 13×