State Supreme Court / Ala.

DeKalb County LP Gas Co., Inc. v. Suburban Gas, Inc.

Decided November 25, 1998. J. Gorman Houston Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

729 So. 2d 270 · Cited 187 times

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BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF AL. v. Protective Life Ins. Co. · 527 So. 2d 125
Traders & Farmers Bank v. Central Bank of Ala. · 320 So. 2d 638
Beasley v. MacDonald Engineering Co. · 249 So. 2d 844
Ala. State Florists Ass'n v. LEE CTY. HOSP. BD. · 479 So. 2d 720
IMED Corp. v. Systems Engineering Assoc. · 602 So. 2d 344
Blue Cross and Blue Shield v. Nielsen · 714 So. 2d 293
Wright v. Wright · 654 So. 2d 542
Tuscaloosa County Com'n v. Deputy Sheriffs · 589 So. 2d 687
Alabama Farm Bureau Mut. v. City of Hartselle · 460 So. 2d 1219
T.B. v. State · 698 So. 2d 127
Dumas Bros. Mfg. Co. v. Southern Guar. Ins. Co. · 431 So. 2d 534
Bowlin Horn v. Citizens Hosp. · 425 So. 2d 1065
Town of Loxley v. ROSINTON WATER, SEWER, ETC. · 376 So. 2d 705
Coastal States Gas Transmission v. PSC · 524 So. 2d 357
McCausland v. Tide-Mayflower Mov. & Storage · 499 So. 2d 1378
EMP. RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF ALA. v. Head · 369 So. 2d 1227
Ex Parte Crestwood Hosp. & Nursing Home, Inc. · 670 So. 2d 45
Jordan v. Reliable Life Ins. Co. · 589 So. 2d 699
Faulkner v. University of Tennessee · 627 So. 2d 362
Opinion of the Justices · 373 So. 2d 293

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