State Supreme Court / Md.

Bell v. State

Decided April 9, 1965. Reuben Oppenheimer wrote the opinion for the court.

204 A.2d 54 · Cited 51 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.

State v. Clifton · 10 A.2d 703
Green v. State · 183 A. 526
Bell v. State · 176 A.2d 771
United States v. La Franca · 282 U.S. 568
Bruner v. United States · 343 U.S. 112
United States v. Reisinger · 128 U.S. 398
Great Northern Railway Co. v. United States · 208 U.S. 452
Claridge Apartments Co. v. Commissioner · 323 U.S. 141
Shub v. Simpson · 76 A.2d 332
Chase v. United States · 256 U.S. 1
State v. Fleming · 195 A. 392
Darnall v. Connor · 155 A. 894
State v. Kennerly · 104 A.2d 632
State v. Gerhardt · 145 Ind. 439
Jordan v. Metropolitan Sanitary District · 155 N.E.2d 297
Bedingfield v. Parkerson · 94 S.E.2d 714
Balian Ice Cream Co. v. Arden Farms Co. · 94 F. Supp. 796
STATE Ex Rel MEDFORD PEAR CO. v. FOWLER · 295 P.2d 167
Watson v. Strohl · 46 N.E.2d 204
Miggins v. Mallott · 182 A. 333
Pennsylvania Railroad v. Robert S. Green, Inc. · 187 A. 877

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