Finnell v. Pitts

Decided May 1, 1930. William H. Thomas wrote the opinion for the court.

132 So. 2 · Cited 55 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.

• Bedford v. United States · 192 U.S. 217
• United States v. Cress · 243 U.S. 316
• Gibson v. United States · 166 U.S. 269
• Jackson v. United States · 230 U.S. 1
• Pumpelly v. Green Bay Co. · 80 U.S. 166
• John Horstmann Co. v. United States · 257 U.S. 138
• Meharg v. Alabama Power Co. · 78 So. 909
• Scranton v. Wheeler · 179 U.S. 141
• United States v. Grizzard · 219 U.S. 180
• Hopkins v. Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina · 221 U.S. 636
• City of Tuscaloosa v. Fitts · 96 So. 771
• Williams v. City of Birmingham · 121 So. 14
• Duy v. Alabama Western Railway Co. · 175 Ala. 162
• Alabama Power Co. v. Carden · 189 Ala. 384
• Monongahela Navigation Co. v. United States · 148 U.S. 312
• Kansas v. Colorado · 206 U.S. 46
• Stanley v. Schwalby · 162 U.S. 255
• United States v. Great Falls Manufacturing Co. · 112 U.S. 645
• United States v. Welch · 217 U.S. 333
• Campbell v. United States · 266 U.S. 368
• Tempel v. United States · 248 U.S. 121
• Peabody v. United States · 231 U.S. 530
• Ball v. Halsell · 161 U.S. 72
• Hughes v. United States · 230 U.S. 24
• Transportation Co. v. Chicago · 99 U.S. 635

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• Brock v. City of Anniston · 14 So. 2d 519
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• Glass v. Prudential Ins. Co. of America · 22 So. 2d 13
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• Chandler v. Hunter · 340 So. 2d 818
• Valley Forge Gardens, Inc. v. James D. Morrissey, Inc. · 385 Pa. 477
• Branyon v. Kirk · 191 So. 345
• Engelhardt v. Jenkins · 141 So. 2d 193
• Lightfoot v. Floyd · 667 So. 2d 56
• St. Clair County v. Town of Riverside · 128 So. 2d 333
• Sellers v. Thompson · 452 So. 2d 460
• State v. Barnhill · 196 So. 2d 691
• Southeastern Const. Co. v. Robbins · 27 So. 2d 705
• Williams v. Hank's Ambulance Service · 699 So. 2d 1230

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