Williams v. Wiggins

How courts have described this case

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

• “nominal damages . . . can only be granted in the absence of actual injury in cases of intentional tort,” and not in cases involving negligence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Biglane v. Under the Hill Corp.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2007-02-08· cited 106×
• Herring v. Poirrier
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2000-07-27· cited 42×
• ACI Chemicals, Inc. v. Metaplex, Inc.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1993-03-18· cited 11×
• Russell v. Lewis Grocer Co.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-10-25· cited 9×
• Kenneth Herring v. Joseph Poirrier
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-08-07
• James M. Biglane v. Under the Hill Corporation
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2005-06-22

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Mississippi Baptist Hospital v. Holmes
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1952-01-28· cited 51×
• Phillips v. DELTA MOTOR LINES, INC.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1959-01-19· cited 23×
• Bumgart v. Bailey
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1963-10-21· cited 6×
• Caston v. Caston
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1877-04-15· cited 6×
• Mooney v. Lawley
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1968-10-14· cited 4×
• Southern CATV Systems, Inc. v. Howard
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1970-05-11· cited 4×
• Lee v. Fore
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1973-11-05· cited 1×