State Supreme Court / Ala.

Ex Parte Burch

Decided November 25, 1938. Thomas Edmund Knight wrote the opinion for the court.

184 So. 694 · Cited 67 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.

Ex parte Roundtree · 51 Ala. 42
Ex Parte Goodwyn · 149 So. 216
Ex Parte Cox · 162 So. 670
Baskin v. Wayne Circuit Judge · 209 N.W. 925
Ex parte Hamilton · 51 Ala. 62
Ex parte State ex rel. Brooks · 51 Ala. 60
Anders v. Lindsey · 82 So. 8

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