Brazos River Authority v. City of Graham

Decided October 3, 1961. Clyde E. Smith wrote the opinion for the court.

354 S.W.2d 99 · Cited 217 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.

• United States v. Dickinson · 331 U.S. 745
• Pumpelly v. Green Bay Co. · 80 U.S. 166
• Baker v. the City of Ft. Worth · 210 S.W.2d 564
• Tarrant County Water Control & Improvement District No. 1 v. Fowler · 179 S.W.2d 250
• Sanguinetti v. United States · 264 U.S. 146
• Tennessee Gas Transmission Co. v. Fromme · 269 S.W.2d 336
• State v. Brewer · 141 Tex. 1
• Bauman v. Ross · 167 U.S. 548
• Bedford v. United States · 192 U.S. 217
• Ackerman v. Port of Seattle · 348 P.2d 664
• Brazos River Conservation & Reclamation District v. Costello · 135 Tex. 307
• City of Amarillo v. Stockton · 310 S.W.2d 737
• Fambrough v. Wagley · 140 Tex. 577
• State v. Richards · 301 S.W.2d 597
• Archer v. City of Los Angeles · 19 Cal. 2d 19
• Ogden & Johnson v. Bosse · 24 S.W. 798
• Lamb v. Reclamation District No. 108 · 73 Cal. 125
• State of Texas v. Southwestern Gas Elec. Co. · 193 S.W.2d 675
• Touart v. American Cyanamid Co. · 35 So. 2d 484
• Abbott v. City of Galveston · 79 S.W. 1064
• Lehmann v. Revell · 188 N.E. 531

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