Dornan v. Philadelphia Housing Authority

Decided May 10, 1938. Horace Stern wrote the opinion for the court.

200 A. 834 · Cited 152 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.

• Tranter v. Alleghency County Co. Authority · 173 A. 289
• Kelley v. Earle · 190 A. 140
• Jacobs v. Clearview Water Supply Co. · 220 Pa. 388
• Fallbrook Irrigation District v. Bradley · 164 U.S. 112
• Green v. Frazier · 253 U.S. 233
• Jones v. City of Portland · 245 U.S. 217
• Rohrer v. Milk Control Board · 186 A. 336
• Commonwealth v. Stofchek · 185 A. 840
• Mt. Vernon-Woodberry Cotton Duck Co. v. Alabama Interstate Power Co. · 240 U.S. 30
• Wentz v. Philadelphia · 151 A. 883
• Nebbia v. New York · 291 U.S. 502
• Retirement Board v. McGovern · 174 A. 400
• Matter of N.Y. City H. Authority v. Muller · 1 N.E.2d 153
• Matter of Ryers · 72 N.Y. 1
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Schnader v. Liveright · 161 A. 697
• Poor District Case (No. 1) · 197 A. 334
• Wilkinsburg Boro. v. School District · 148 A. 77
• Lazarus v. Morris · 212 Pa. 128
• Commonwealth v. Pure Oil Co. · 154 A. 307
• Nyce v. Board of Commissioners · 179 A. 584
• Commonwealth v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co. · 134 A. 452
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. v. Wert · 128 A. 480
• Pioneer Coal Co. v. Cherrytree & Dixonville R. R. · 272 Pa. 43
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Kelley v. Cantrell · 193 A. 655
• Cresson Borough v. Seeds · 133 A. 501

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• Johnson v. Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency · 453 Pa. 329
• Belovsky v. Redevelopment Authority · 54 A.2d 277
• Basehore v. Hampden Industrial Development Authority · 433 Pa. 40
• McSorley v. Fitzgerald · 59 A.2d 142
• Nashville Housing Authority v. City of Nashville · 237 S.W.2d 946
• Blumenschein v. Pittsburgh Housing Authority · 379 Pa. 566
• Dayton Metropolitan Housing Authority v. Evatt · 53 N.E.2d 896
• Commonwealth, Department of Public Assistance v. Schuylkill County · 62 A.2d 922
• Lennox v. Housing Authority · 137 Neb. 582
• Higbee v. Housing Authority of Jacksonville · 197 So. 479
• Simpson v. Low-Rent Housing Agency of Mount Ayr · 224 N.W.2d 624
• Chartiers Valley Joint Schools v. Allegheny County Board of School Directors · 418 Pa. 520
• The Housing Authority v. Dockweiler · 14 Cal. 2d 437
• Miller v. City of Tacoma · 378 P.2d 464
• People Ex Rel. Gutknecht v. City of Chicago · 111 N.E.2d 626
• Chapman v. Huntington, West Virginia, Housing Authority · 3 S.E.2d 502
• Evans v. West Norriton Township Municipal Authority · 370 Pa. 150
• Mitchell v. Chester Housing Authority · 389 Pa. 314
• Foeller v. Housing Authority of Portland · 256 P.2d 752
• Pittman v. Housing Authority · 25 A.2d 466
• Laret Investment Co. v. Dickmann · 134 S.W.2d 65
• HOFFMAN v. PITTSBURGH · 365 Pa. 386
• Bader Realty & Invesment Co. v. St. Louis Housing Authority · 217 S.W.2d 489
• Knoxville Housing Authority, Inc. v. City of Knoxville · 123 S.W.2d 1085
• In Re Jeffries Homes Housing Project · 11 N.W.2d 272

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