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chief test in Indiana

9 Indiana opinions name it 2 courts 1983–2026 1 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Indiana 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.

Followed or applied (1)

CaseFollowedCited
Jordan v. Deerygreen
ind · 1993 · cited in 6 Indiana opinions naming this issue, 1994–2026
2 sentences

2026“The chief test of the sufficiency of an affidavit is its ability to serve as a predicate for a perjury prosecution.” Id.

2007“The chief test of the sufficiency of an affidavit is its ability to serve as a predicate for a perjury prosecution.” Id.

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Indiana. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (4)

CaseCitedYears
Hoskins v. Sharp green
indctapp · 1994
1 sentence

1996Hoskins v. Sharp (1994), Ind.App., 629 N.E.2d 1271, 1277 .

11996–1996
Wallace v. State green
ind · 1927
2 sentences

1993Wallace v. State (1927), 199 Ind. 317, 326 , 157 N.E. 657, 661 .

1993Wallace v. State (1927), 199 Ind. 317, 326 , 157 N.E. 657, 661 .

11993–1993
Janina Pietrucha, Individually, and as Administratrix of the Estate of Albert Pietrucha, Deceased v. Grant Hospital, a Corporation green
ca7 · 1971
1 sentence

1983In Pietrucha v. Grant Hospital (7th Cir.1971) 447 F.2d 1029 , reversible error was found in the trial court's denial of the plaintiff's motion to call as an adverse witness a hospital supervisor who had allegedly made a statement to the police, upon taking a belt from the decedent's neck after he hanged himself in a psychiatric ward, that "This is the man's belt.

11983–1983
Berkebile v. Brantly Helicopter Corp. yellow
pa · 1975
2 sentences

1983In Berkebile v. Brantly Helicopter Corp. (1975) 462 Pa. 83 , 337 A.2d 893 , a memorandum written by the defendant helicopter manufacturer's chief test pilot, who was concerned about rapid rotor decay in climbing flight, to the defendant's president, while the pilot was acting as an agent of defendant in the course of his duties and within the scope of his authority, was admissible in a suit against the manufacturer for death of a pilot as substantive evidence against the manufacturer.

1983In Berkebile v. Brantly Helicopter Corp. (1975) 462 Pa. 83 , 337 A.2d 893 , a memorandum written by the defendant helicopter manufacturer's chief test pilot, who was concerned about rapid rotor decay in climbing flight, to the defendant's president, while the pilot was acting as an agent of defendant in the course of his duties and within the scope of his authority, was admissible in a suit against the manufacturer for death of a pilot as substantive evidence against the manufacturer.

11983–1983

Where else courts name it

LA 50 (1975–2025) GA 27 (1943–2026) OH 23 (1914–2022) NY 14 (1886–2001) CA 13 (1908–2022) KY 12 (1955–2026) IN 9 (1983–2026) CO 8 (1931–2026) OK 7 (1957–2023) ME 7 (1943–2001) PA 7 (1926–2020) NC 7 (1950–2018) TX 7 (1931–2023) MO 6 (1894–1976) KS 6 (1916–1999) AL 6 (1966–1989) WA 5 (1953–2026) WV 4 (1924–1993) FL 3 (1932–1998) IL 3 (1967–1984) MT 3 (1927–1998) MS 3 (1870–2001) MI 3 (1973–1983) TN 2 (1963–2008) MN 2 (1982–2015) UT 2 (2017–2019) DC 2 (1943–1993)

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.

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