Williams v. Brown

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that certain evidence was not admissible and then reviewing “the remaining evidence in the record” to determine whether a directed verdict was appropriate
• holding that on review of the grant of a directed verdict, it is not the office of an appellate court to -2- weigh the evidence
• on review of the grant of a directed verdict, it is not the office of an appellate court to weigh the evidence.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• White v. Vanderbilt University
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1999-12-30· cited 502×
• Sharon Surles, by Next Friend Jayneice Johnson, Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Greyhound Lines, Inc., Defendant-Appellant/cross-Appellee
  Sixth Circuit· 2007-01-18· cited 333×
• Mercer v. Vanderbilt University, Inc.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2004-05-03· cited 268×
• Conatser v. Clarksville Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1995-06-26· cited 124×
• Duran v. Hyundai Motor America, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2008-02-27· cited 89×
• Ingram v. Earthman
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1998-10-21· cited 88×
• Martin v. Washmaster Auto Center, U.S.A.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1996-12-11· cited 64×
• Richardson v. Miller
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2000-08-16· cited 63×
• Spann v. Abraham
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1999-11-05· cited 55×
• Underwood v. HCA Health Services of Tennessee, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1994-09-21· cited 48×
• Cunningham v. Shelton Security Service, Inc.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2001-03-01· cited 43×
• Dedra Shanklin, Individually and as Next Friend of Her Son Jessie Guy Shanklin v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.
  Sixth Circuit· 2004-05-27· cited 41×
• Fye v. Kennedy
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1998-06-26· cited 40×
• Voss v. Shelter Mutual Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1997-05-22· cited 38×
• Stevenson v. Wright
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2007-06-22· cited 36×
• Mitch Goree v. United Parcel Service, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2015-10-08· cited 35×
• Hunter v. Burke
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1997-04-11· cited 34×
• Potter v. Ford Motor Co.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2006-06-21· cited 18×
• Plunk v. National Health Investors, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2002-06-07· cited 17×
• Mairose v. Federal Express Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2001-07-24· cited 17×

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Holmes v. Wilson
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1977-05-31· cited 126×
• Casalo v. Claro
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1960-11-01· cited 106×
• Crosslin v. Alsup
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1980-02-11· cited 100×
• Cecil v. Hardin
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1978-12-29· cited 96×
• Wharton Transport Corp. v. Bridges
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1980-07-07· cited 76×
• Briggeman v. Albert
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1991-02-26· cited 34×
• Frady v. Smith
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1974-12-16· cited 30×
• Wheelock v. Eyl
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1974-11-21· cited 27×
• Theriault v. Swan
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1989-04-25· cited 26×
• Kelch v. Courson
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1968-11-27· cited 25×
• Dedman v. Porch
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1987-11-23· cited 24×
• Ferguson v. Boyd
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1970-01-12· cited 20×
• LePage v. Bumila
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-04-04· cited 20×
• Walker v. Forrester
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1988-09-27· cited 12×
• Samuel v. Mouzon
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1984-09-10· cited 12×
• Turner v. Silver
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1978-10-17· cited 12×
• Durham v. Farabee
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1985-12-20· cited 8×
• Reese v. Lyons
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-10-31· cited 6×
• Turco v. Leon
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-03-06· cited 3×
• Mendez v. Brinkerhoff
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1989-04-06· cited 3×