McWilliams v. Watkins’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
July 1997
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on JC Penney Co., Inc. v. Cox · 195 So. 2d 837 - Southwest Drug Stores of Mississippi, Inc. v. Garner · Federal Compress & Warehouse Co. v. Swilley
Most-quoted passages
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“Section 97-23-51 (1972) ... was a legislative enactment for the protection of retail stores from shoplifting and to give the store personnel an opportunity to make certain actions in investigating alleged shoplifting under certain guidelines.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Lyon v. Fred's, Inc.
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