State Supreme Court / Ala.

Ex Parte Branch

Decided December 4, 1987. Alva Hugh Maddox wrote the opinion for the court.

526 So. 2d 609 · Cited 578 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.

People v. Wheeler · 583 P.2d 748
Ex Parte Jackson · 516 So. 2d 768
People v. Trevino · 704 P.2d 719
People v. Turner · 726 P.2d 102
People v. Hall · 672 P.2d 854
State v. Neil · 457 So. 2d 481
Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · 450 U.S. 248
People v. Turner · 690 P.2d 669
People v. Motton · 704 P.2d 176
People v. Allen · 590 P.2d 30
Commonwealth v. Soares · 387 N.E.2d 499
State v. Crespin · 612 P.2d 716
Hurtado v. Statewide Home Loan Co. · 167 Cal. App. 3d 1019
Commonwealth v. Reid · 424 N.E.2d 495
People v. Thompson · 79 A.D.2d 87
People v. Dominick · 182 Cal. App. 3d 1174
People v. Clay · 153 Cal. App. 3d 433
Commonwealth v. Walker · 397 N.E.2d 1105
State Ex. Rel. Gregg v. Maples · 239 So. 2d 198
Commonwealth v. Lattimore · 486 N.E.2d 723
Junior v. State · 257 So. 2d 844
Holley v. J & S SWEEPING CO. · 143 Cal. App. 3d 588
People v. Moss · 188 Cal. App. 3d 268
People v. Charron · 193 Cal. App. 3d 981
Commonwealth v. Smith · 428 N.E.2d 348

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