State Supreme Court / Ala.

Ex Parte Dorsey Trailers, Inc.

Decided April 9, 1981. T. Eric Embry wrote the opinion for the court.

397 So. 2d 98 · Cited 117 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.

Assured Inv'rs Life Ins. Co. v. Nat. U. Assoc. · 362 So. 2d 228
Smith v. WILCOX CTY. BD. OF EDUC. · 365 So. 2d 659
Campbell v. Regal Typewriter Co., Inc. · 341 So. 2d 120
Bracy v. Sippial Elec. Co., Inc. · 379 So. 2d 582
Alabama Power Co. v. White · 377 So. 2d 930
Ex Parte Guerdon Industries, Inc. · 373 So. 2d 322
State v. Horton · 373 So. 2d 1096
Drewes v. Bank of Wadley · 350 So. 2d 402

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