State Supreme Court / Fla.

English v. McCrary

Decided July 13, 1977. Frederick B. Karl wrote the opinion for the court.

348 So. 2d 293 · Cited 247 times

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Precedents cited

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.

State Ex Rel. Gore Newspapers Company v. Tyson · 313 So. 2d 777
State Ex Rel. Miami Herald Pub. v. McIntosh · 340 So. 2d 904
Burkhart v. Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit · 1 So. 2d 872
State ex rel. Harris v. McCauley · 297 So. 2d 825
Phoenix Newspapers, Inc. v. Superior Court · 418 P.2d 594
State of Florida v. Sullivan · 116 So. 255
Kirstowsky v. Superior Court · 143 Cal. App. 2d 745
Curtis v. Albritton as Cir. Judge · 132 So. 677
Crill v. State Road Department · 117 So. 795
State Ex Rel. B. F. Goodrich Co. v. Trammell · 192 So. 175
State Ex Rel. Schwarz v. Heffernan · 194 So. 313
State Ex Rel. Jennings v. Frederick · 189 So. 1
The Department of Public Safety v. Koonce · 3 So. 2d 331
State Ex Rel. Jacksonville Ice & Cold Storage Co. v. Gray · 177 So. 849
State Ex Rel. Park v. H. T. Poindexter & Sons MDSE. Co. · 7 So. 2d 452
State Ex Rel. Cacciatore v. Drumbright · 156 So. 721
State Ex Rel. RC Motor Lines, Inc. v. Boyd · 114 So. 2d 169
State Ex Rel. Shailer v. Booher · 241 So. 2d 720
State Ex Rel. Hendricks v. Hunt · 70 So. 2d 301

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