State Supreme Court / Ala.

Ex Parte Eastwood Foods, Inc.

Decided January 11, 1991. Alva Hugh Maddox wrote the opinion for the court.

575 So. 2d 91 · Cited 292 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.

Greek v. Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co. · 92 So. 458
Ex Parte Patterson · 561 So. 2d 236
Southern Cotton Oil Co. v. Bruce · 32 So. 2d 666
Dean v. Stockham Pipe & Fittings Co. · 123 So. 225
Malbis Bakery Co. v. Collins · 15 So. 2d 705
Houser v. Young · 25 So. 2d 421
Ex Parte Neal · 423 So. 2d 850
Gadsden Iron Works, Inc. v. Beasley · 30 So. 2d 10
Williams v. Tennessee Valley Butane Company · 265 Ala. 145
Bell v. Tennessee Coal, Iron R. Co. · 24 So. 2d 443
Thomas v. Gulf States Paper Corporation · 276 Ala. 660
Stiles v. Brown · 380 So. 2d 792
Home Indem. Co. v. Reed Equipment Co., Inc. · 381 So. 2d 45
American Tennis Courts, Inc. v. Hinton · 378 So. 2d 235
Ex Parte American Tennis Courts, Inc. · 378 So. 2d 239
Elbert Greeson Hosiery Mills, Inc. v. Ivey · 472 So. 2d 1049
Wheeler v. LAKE FOREST PROPERTY OWNERS' · 523 So. 2d 1083
United Service Ins. Co. v. Donaldson · 254 Ala. 204

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