State Supreme Court / Ala.

City of Birmingham v. City of Fairfield

Decided March 27, 1981. Clement Clay Torbert Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

396 So. 2d 692 · Cited 80 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.

Morton v. Chrysler Motors Corp. · 353 So. 2d 505
Assured Inv'rs Life Ins. Co. v. Nat. U. Assoc. · 362 So. 2d 228
City of Mobile v. Scott · 178 So. 2d 545
Dozier v. Payne · 14 So. 2d 376
Walden v. Walden · 277 Ala. 459
Ex Parte Crawford · 14 So. 2d 379
Watson v. Spinks · 199 So. 1
Jim Walter Corp. v. Green · 285 Ala. 176
Marsh v. Marsh · 338 So. 2d 422
Pace v. Jordan · 348 So. 2d 1061
City of Birmingham v. City of Fairfield · 375 So. 2d 438
Ex Parte Osborn · 375 So. 2d 467
Burton v. Burton · 379 So. 2d 617
Ex Parte Pace · 348 So. 2d 1065

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