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12 Rhode Island opinions name it 2 courts 1970–2015 0 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Rhode Island courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Sheeley v. Memorial Hospitalgreen2 sentences2015The defendants contend that the verdict form question was appropriate because it reflected this Court’s adoption of a national standard of care in Sheeley v. Memorial Hospital, 710 A.2d 161 (R.I.1998). 2015The defendants contend that the verdict form question was appropriate because it reflected this Court’s adoption of a national standard of care in Sheeley v. Memorial Hospital, 710 A.2d 161 (R.I. 1998). | 1 | 3 |
Bowen Court Associates v. Ernst & Young, LLPgreen1 sentence2004Bowen Court Associates v. Ernst & Young, LLP, 818 A.2d 721, 726 (R.I.2008). | 1 | 1 |
Cheek v. Domingogreen1 sentence1998See Shilkret, 349 A.2d at 253 ; see also Cheek v. Domingo, 628 F.Supp. 149, 152 (D.Virgin Islands 1986) (holding specialist may testify regarding standard of care of general practitioner provided proposed witness possesses requisite knowledge). | 1 | 1 |
Shilkret v. Annapolis Emergency Hospital Ass'ngreen1 sentence1998See Shilkret, 349 A.2d at 253 ; see also Cheek v. Domingo, 628 F.Supp. 149, 152 (D.Virgin Islands 1986) (holding specialist may testify regarding standard of care of general practitioner provided proposed witness possesses requisite knowledge). | 1 | 1 |
Scuncio v. Columbus Theatre, Inc.green1 sentence1972I. 613, 615, 277 A.2d 924, 925 (1971); In re Seven Magazines, 107 *298 R. | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Rhode Island. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Jacobellis v. Ohio
green
2 sentences1979In the same case Mr. Justice Brennan in an opinion in which Mr. Justice Goldberg joined suggested that the limits of the candor of expression of an allegedly obscene work must be determined on the basis of a national standard, id. at 195 , 84 S. Ct. at 1682 , 12 L. 1979In the same case Mr. Justice Brennan in an opinion in which Mr. Justice Goldberg joined suggested that the limits of the candor of expression of an allegedly obscene work must be determined on the basis of a national standard, id. at 195 , 84 S. Ct. at 1682 , 12 L. | 4 | 1970–1979 |
Wilkinson v. Vesey
green
2 sentences1997In Pola v. Health-Tex , 605 A.2d 1321 , 1324 (R.I. 1992), the Rhode Island Supreme Court specifically stated that "we first considered the merits of adopting a national standard in Wilkinson v. Vesey , 110 R.I. 606 , 295 A.2d 676 (1972). . . . 1997In Pola v. Health-Tex , 605 A.2d 1321 , 1324 (R.I. 1992), the Rhode Island Supreme Court specifically stated that "we first considered the merits of adopting a national standard in Wilkinson v. Vesey , 110 R.I. 606 , 295 A.2d 676 (1972). . . . | 2 | 1992–1997 |
In re Seven Magazines
neutral
2 sentences1979Indeed, in In Re Seven Magazines, 107 R.I. 540 , 268 A.2d 707 (1970), Mr. Justice Joslin in a searching analysis of constitutional developments up to that time construed the term “obscene” as contained in G.L. 1956 (1969 Reenactment) §11-31.1-4, to include the then current Roth-Memoirs definitions as illuminated or obscured by the national standard test suggested in Jacobellis , and the ad hoc determinations in Redrup . 1971In re Seven Magazines, 107 R.I. 540 , 268 A.2d 707 . *926 Notwithstanding the trial judge's error, we would point out that this is not a case wherein we are bound to follow the ruling of the Superior Court unless we find it to be clearly wrong. | 2 | 1971–1979 |
In Re Seven Magazines
green
2 sentences1979Indeed, in In Re Seven Magazines, 107 R.I. 540 , 268 A.2d 707 (1970), Mr. Justice Joslin in a searching analysis of constitutional developments up to that time construed the term “obscene” as contained in G.L. 1956 (1969 Reenactment) §11-31.1-4, to include the then current Roth-Memoirs definitions as illuminated or obscured by the national standard test suggested in Jacobellis , and the ad hoc determinations in Redrup . 1971In re Seven Magazines, 107 R.I. 540 , 268 A.2d 707 . *926 Notwithstanding the trial judge's error, we would point out that this is not a case wherein we are bound to follow the ruling of the Superior Court unless we find it to be clearly wrong. | 2 | 1971–1979 |
Miller v. Rhode Island Hospital
green
1 sentence1997Miller v. Rhode Island Hospital , 625 A.2d 778 (R.I. 1993). | 1 | 1997–1997 |
Pola v. Health-Tex, Inc.
neutral
1 sentence1997In Pola v. Health-Tex , 605 A.2d 1321 , 1324 (R.I. 1992), the Rhode Island Supreme Court specifically stated that "we first considered the merits of adopting a national standard in Wilkinson v. Vesey , 110 R.I. 606 , 295 A.2d 676 (1972). . . . | 1 | 1997–1997 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.