State Supreme Court / Miss.

Alexander v. State by and Through Allain

Decided November 23, 1983. Neville Patterson wrote the opinion for the court.

441 So. 2d 1329 · Cited 97 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Book v. State Office Building Commission · 149 N.E.2d 273
United States v. Nixon · 418 U.S. 683
Highland Farms Dairy, Inc. v. Agnew · 300 U.S. 608
State Ex Rel. Schneider v. Bennett · 547 P.2d 786
People v. Tremaine · 168 N.E. 817
Anderson v. Lamm · 579 P.2d 620
State Ex Rel. Meyer v. State Board of Equalization & Assessment · 176 N.W.2d 920
State Ex Rel. Attorney General v. Land · 95 So. 2d 764
Mabray v. School Board · 137 So. 105
Quinn v. City of McComb · 55 So. 2d 479
Mississippi State Tax Commission v. Brown · 193 So. 794
State v. Wood · 187 So. 2d 820
Tenneco, Inc. v. Barr · 224 So. 2d 208

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Ryals v. Pigott · 580 So. 2d 1140
Ales v. Ales · 650 So. 2d 482
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Fordice v. Bryan · 651 So. 2d 998
Jones v. City of Ridgeland · 48 So. 3d 530
Opinion of the Justices No. 380 · 892 So. 2d 332
White v. Gautier Utility District of Jackson County · 465 So. 2d 1003
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5K Farms, Inc. v. Mississippi Department of Revenue · 94 So. 3d 221
State v. Rhine · 297 S.W.3d 301
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