State Supreme Court / Ala.

Franklin v. State Ex Rel. Alabama State Milk Control Board

Decided June 11, 1936. Thomas Edmund Knight wrote the opinion for the court.

169 So. 295 · Cited 58 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.

Nebbia v. New York · 291 U.S. 502
O'Gorman & Young, Inc. v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co. · 282 U.S. 251
People v. Nebbia · 186 N.E. 694
Reynolds v. Milk Commission · 163 Va. 957
Ward v. State ex rel. Parker · 154 Ala. 227
Allgeyer v. Louisiana · 165 U.S. 578
Buttfield v. Stranahan · 192 U.S. 470
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Riverside Mills · 219 U.S. 186
Atkin v. Kansas · 191 U.S. 207
Camfield v. United States · 167 U.S. 518
Marcus Brown Holding Co. v. Feldman · 256 U.S. 170
United States v. Realty Co. · 163 U.S. 427
Interstate Commerce Commission v. Goodrich Transit Co. · 224 U.S. 194
Heim v. McCall · 239 U.S. 175
Matter of People (Tit. Mtge. Guar. Co.) · 190 N.E. 153
Red \ · 222 U.S. 380
Brass v. North Dakota Ex Rel. Stoeser · 153 U.S. 391
Public Service Commission v. Great Northern Utilities Co. · 289 U.S. 130
People v. Perretta · 171 N.E. 72
State v. Kartus · 162 So. 533
State Ex Rel. State Board of Milk Control v. Newark Milk Co. · 179 A. 116
Isenhour v. State · 157 Ind. 517
Albert v. Milk Control Board of Indiana · 200 N.E. 688
Austin v. City of New York · 179 N.E. 313
Whaley v. State · 168 Ala. 152

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State Ex Rel. Galanos v. Mapco Petroleum · 519 So. 2d 1275
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Estell v. City of Birmingham · 286 So. 2d 872
City of Birmingham v. Hood-Mcpherson Realty Co. · 172 So. 114
State v. Maitrejean · 192 So. 361
ALABAMA DAIRY COM'N v. Food Giant, Inc. · 357 So. 2d 139
State v. Lupo · 984 So. 2d 395
Alabama State Federation of Labor v. McAdory · 18 So. 2d 810
State v. Stoddard · 13 A.2d 586
Jersey Maid Milk Products Co. v. Brock · 13 Cal. 2d 620
State Ex Rel. Wilkinson v. Murphy · 186 So. 487
Ray v. Parker · 15 Cal. 2d 275
Alabama State Milk Control Board v. Graham · 33 So. 2d 11
State v. Auclair · 4 A.2d 107
Savage v. Martin · 91 P.2d 273
Miami Laundry Co. v. Florida Dry Cleaning & Laundry Board · 183 So. 759
James v. Todd · 103 So. 2d 19
City of Mobile v. Rouse · 173 So. 266
Heck v. Hall · 190 So. 280
Alabama Power Co. v. Citizens of State · 740 So. 2d 371
Brammer v. Housing Authority of Birmingham Dist. · 195 So. 256
Simonetti, Inc. v. State Ex Rel. Gallion · 132 So. 2d 252
Barber Pure Milk Co. v. Alabama State Milk Control Board · 156 So. 2d 351
Alabama Power Co. v. Cullman County Electric Membership Corp. · 174 So. 866
Board of Supervisors v. State Milk Commission · 191 Va. 1

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