State Supreme Court / Ind.

City of Indianapolis v. Indianapolis Gas-Light & Coke Co.

Decided May 15, 1879. Horace P. Biddle wrote the opinion for the court.

66 Ind. 396 · Cited 51 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.

Roll v. City of Indianapolis · 52 Ind. 547
Devlin v. Mayor of New York · 63 N.Y. 8
State Board of Agriculture v. Citizens Street Railway Co. · 47 Ind. 407
Harlem Gas Co. v. . Mayor, C., of N.Y. · 33 N.Y. 309
Milhau v. . Sharp · 27 N.Y. 611
San Francisco Gas Co. v. City of San Francisco · 9 Cal. 453
Minturn v. Larue · 64 U.S. 435
City of Oakland v. Carpentier · 13 Cal. 540
City of Crawfordsville v. Hays · 42 Ind. 200
City of Indianapolis v. Bly · 39 Ind. 373
Board of Commissioners v. Everett · 51 Ind. 543
Nelson v. City of La Porte · 33 Ind. 258

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Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

McBean v. City of Fresno · 112 Cal. 159
City of Vincennes v. Citizens' Gas Light Co. · 132 Ind. 114
City of Logansport v. Dykeman · 116 Ind. 15
City of Quincy v. Bull · 106 Ill. 337
Vandalia Railroad v. State ex rel. City of South Bend · 166 Ind. 219
Board of Commissioners v. Shields · 130 Ind. 6
City of Indianapolis v. Consumers Gas Trust Co. · 140 Ind. 107
Hight v. Board of Commissioners · 68 Ind. 575
Town of Gosport v. Pritchard · 156 Ind. 400
Illinois Power & Light Corp. v. City of Centralia, Ill. · 11 F. Supp. 874
Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Co. v. City of Boonville · 248 N.E.2d 343
Town of Ashland v. Newman · 163 Va. 500
Deweese v. Hutton · 144 Ind. 114
City of Washington, Indiana v. Daviess County Rural Water System, Inc. · 91 N.E.3d 585
City of Colorado Springs v. Pike's Peak Hydro-Electric Co. · 57 Colo. 169

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