State Supreme Court / Ala.

Ex Parte Dowling

Decided October 4, 1985. Clement Clay Torbert Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

477 So. 2d 400 · Cited 124 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.

Wilger v. Department of Pensions and Security · 343 So. 2d 529
Great Atl. & Pac. Tea Co., Inc. v. Sealy · 374 So. 2d 877
Ex parte State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 276 Ala. 263
Ex Parte Hartford Ins. Co. · 394 So. 2d 933
Nowlin v. Druid City Hosp. Bd. · 475 So. 2d 469
Nunn v. Stone · 356 So. 2d 1212
Pierson v. Pierson · 347 So. 2d 985
Pace v. Jordan · 348 So. 2d 1061
Brown v. Martin · 394 So. 2d 375
Ex Parte Pace · 348 So. 2d 1065
Ex Parte Brown · 394 So. 2d 377

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