Attorney General v. Bailey

Decided June 2, 1982. Ruth Abrams wrote the opinion for the court.

436 N.E.2d 139 · Cited 335 times

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• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449
• In Re Grand Jury Subpoena Duces Tecum Served Upon Rabbinical Seminary Netzach Israel Ramailis · 450 F. Supp. 1078
• Hub Associates, Inc. v. Goode · 258 N.E.2d 733
• Brown v. Board of Education · 347 U.S. 483
• Cantwell v. Connecticut · 310 U.S. 296
• Meyer v. Nebraska · 262 U.S. 390
• United States v. Morton Salt Co. · 338 U.S. 632
• Consolidated Cigar Corp. v. Department of Public Health · 364 N.E.2d 1202
• International Longshoremen's Association v. Allied International, Inc. · 456 U.S. 212
• State v. Whisner · 47 Ohio St. 2d 181
• Fluet v. McCabe · 299 Mass. 173
• State v. Shaver · 294 N.W.2d 883
• Colegio Puertorriqueño De Niñas, Liceo Ponceño, Inc. v. Pesquera De Busquets · 464 F. Supp. 761
• City of Chicopee v. Jakubowski · 202 N.E.2d 913

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