Marlow v. Marlow’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
November 2001
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Townes Associates, Ltd. v. City of Greenville · Georgia Power Co. v. Leonard · Abdalla v. State Highway Commission · Forest Land Co. v. BLACK · Gordon v. Hoy
Most-quoted passages
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“Ordinarily a plaintiff is entitled to a voluntary nonsuit without prejudice as a matter of right, unless there is a showing of legal prejudice to the Defendant. Gulledge v. Young, 242 S. C. 287, 130 S. E. (2d) 695 (1963). If no legal prejudice is shown, the trial judge has no discretion with respect to granting a motion for discontinuance; but if prejudice is shown, the matter becomes one of discretion for the trial judge. Id; Ralston Purina Co. v. Odell, 248 S. C. 37, 148 S. E. (2d) 736 (1966); Harmon v. Harmon, 257 S. C. 154, 184 S. E. (2d) 553 (1971).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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