Dickinson v. Porter

Decided December 14, 1948. John E. Mulroney wrote the opinion for the court.

35 N.W.2d 66 · Cited 76 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.

• Cook v. Hannah · 297 N.W. 262
• Clark v. Kansas City · 176 U.S. 114
• State ex rel. Wisconsin Development Authority v. Dammann · 228 Wis. 147
• Berg v. Berg · 264 N.W. 821
• Great Northern Railway Co. v. Whitfield · 272 N.W. 787
• Merchants Supply Co. v. Iowa Employment Security Commission · 16 N.W.2d 572
• Reed v. Bjornson · 253 N.W. 102
• Clear Lake Co-Operative Live Stock Shippers' Ass'n v. Weir · 206 N.W. 297
• Tolerton & Warfield Co. v. Iowa State Board of Assessment & Review · 270 N.W. 427
• Loftus v. Department of Agriculture of Iowa · 232 N.W. 412
• State Ex Rel. Welsh v. Darling · 246 N.W. 390
• Leicht v. City of Burlington · 73 Iowa 29
• Tigner v. Texas · 310 U.S. 141
• Bell's Gap Railroad v. Pennsylvania · 134 U.S. 232
• A. Magnano Co. v. Hamilton · 292 U.S. 40
• American Sugar Refining Co. v. Louisiana · 179 U.S. 89
• Thomas v. Gay · 169 U.S. 264
• Citizens' Telephone Co. of Grand Rapids v. Fuller · 229 U.S. 322
• Aero Mayflower Transit Co. v. Georgia Public Service Commission · 295 U.S. 285
• King v. Mullins · 171 U.S. 404
• Watson v. State Comptroller of NY · 254 U.S. 122
• Lake Superior Consolidated Iron Mines v. Lord · 271 U.S. 577
• Ludwig v. Harston · 197 P.2d 252
• Schmitt v. Nord · 27 N.W.2d 910
• Heisler v. Thomas Colliery Co. · 260 U.S. 245

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• Doyle v. Kahl · 46 N.W.2d 52
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• Collins v. State Board of Social Welfare · 81 N.W.2d 4
• Farrell v. State Board of Regents · 179 N.W.2d 533
• Becker v. Board of Education of Benton County · 138 N.W.2d 909
• State Ex Rel. Cairy v. Iowa Co-Operative Ass'n · 95 N.W.2d 441
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