State Supreme Court / Mo.

Bowman v. City of Kansas City

Decided October 9, 1950. Sidna Poage Dalton wrote the opinion for the court.

233 S.W.2d 26 · Cited 65 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.

Laret Investment Co. v. Dickmann · 134 S.W.2d 65
City of Kirkwood v. Venable · 173 S.W.2d 8
Kansas City v. Liebi · 252 S.W. 404
City of Cleveland v. Ruple · 200 N.E. 507
Green v. Frazier · 253 U.S. 233
Spoeneman v. Uhri · 60 S.W.2d 9
Bader Realty & Invesment Co. v. St. Louis Housing Authority · 217 S.W.2d 489
Wayne Village President v. Wayne Village Clerk · 36 N.W.2d 157
In Re Widening of Fulton Street · 226 N.W. 690
State Ex Rel. Fire Dist. of Lemay v. Smith · 184 S.W.2d 593
State Ex Rel. State Highway Commission v. Curtis · 222 S.W.2d 64
City of Richmond v. Dervishian · 190 Va. 398
Ewing v. Kansas City · 169 S.W.2d 897
Jennings v. City of St. Louis · 58 S.W.2d 979
McSorley v. Fitzgerald · 59 A.2d 142
Dysart v. City of St. Louis · 11 S.W.2d 1045
City of Whittier v. Dixon · 24 Cal. 2d 664

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Elder v. Delcour · 269 S.W.2d 17
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State Ex Rel. Wagner v. St. Louis County Port Authority · 604 S.W.2d 592
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Kansas City, Inc. v. Nixon · 26 S.W.3d 218
City of Kansas City v. Fishman · 241 S.W.2d 377
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Simpson v. Low-Rent Housing Agency of Mount Ayr · 224 N.W.2d 624
In Re Coleman Highlands · 401 S.W.2d 385
Collins v. Public Service Commission · 293 S.W.2d 345
Kindle v. Kansas City · 401 S.W.2d 385
West v. City Commission · 214 Kan. 473

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