Dawson v. Kendrick

Decided August 10, 1981. John Thomas Copenhaver Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

527 F. Supp. 1252 · 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.

• Tasker v. Griffith · 238 S.E.2d 229
• Pugh v. Locke · 406 F. Supp. 318
• Laaman v. Helgemoe · 437 F. Supp. 269
• Ramos v. Lamm · 485 F. Supp. 122
• Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education · 402 U.S. 1
• Johnson v. Levine · 450 F. Supp. 648
• State Ex Rel. Gillespie v. Kendrick · 265 S.E.2d 537
• In Re Kemmler · 136 U.S. 436
• Ahrens v. Thomas · 434 F. Supp. 873
• Collins v. Schoonfield · 344 F. Supp. 257
• Owens-El v. Robinson · 442 F. Supp. 1368
• Miller v. Carson · 401 F. Supp. 835
• Alberti v. Sheriff of Harris County, Texas · 406 F. Supp. 649
• Hamilton v. Landrieu · 351 F. Supp. 549
• Owens-El v. Robinson · 457 F. Supp. 984
• Valentine v. Englehardt · 474 F. Supp. 294
• Bukhari v. Hutto · 487 F. Supp. 1162
• Hamilton v. Love · 358 F. Supp. 338
• Rhem v. Malcolm · 371 F. Supp. 594
• Hamilton v. Love · 328 F. Supp. 1182
• Jones v. Wittenberg · 323 F. Supp. 93
• Glover v. Johnson · 478 F. Supp. 1075
• Teller v. McCoy · 162 W. Va. 367
• Batton v. State Government of North Carolina · 501 F. Supp. 1173
• Todaro v. Ward · 431 F. Supp. 1129

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