Austin v. City of Memphis

Decided August 21, 1984. William Frank Crawford wrote the opinion for the court.

684 S.W.2d 624 · Cited 97 times

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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.

• Rule v. Empire Gas Corp. · 563 S.W.2d 551
• Applewhite v. Memphis State University · 495 S.W.2d 190
• Davis v. Wicker · 333 S.W.2d 921
• Shelby County v. Barden · 527 S.W.2d 124

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