Gates v. Foley

Decided April 7, 1971. James C. Adkins Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

247 So. 2d 40 · Cited 144 times

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• Montgomery v. Stephan · 101 N.W.2d 227
• Millington v. Southeastern Elevator Co. · 22 N.Y.2d 498
• Stenta v. Leblang · 185 A.2d 759
• Deems v. Western Maryland Railway Co. · 231 A.2d 514
• Acuff v. Schmit · 78 N.W.2d 480
• Moran v. Quality Aluminum Casting Co. · 34 Wis. 2d 542
• Brown v. Georgia-Tennessee Coaches, Inc. · 77 S.E.2d 24
• Hoekstra v. Helgeland · 98 N.W.2d 669
• Fitzgerald v. Meissner & Hicks, Inc. · 38 Wis. 2d 571
• Mo. Pac. Trans. Co. v. Miller · 299 S.W.2d 41
• Ross v. Cuthbert · 397 P.2d 529
• Nichols v. Sonneman · 418 P.2d 562
• Karczewski v. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company · 274 F. Supp. 169
• Ellis v. FALLERT · 307 P.2d 283
• Delta Chevrolet Co. v. Waid · 51 So. 2d 443
• Mariani v. Nanni · 185 A.2d 119
• Bailey v. Wilson · 111 S.E.2d 106
• Wilson v. Redding · 145 So. 2d 252
• Hargrove v. Town of Cocoa Beach · 96 So. 2d 130
• Thill v. Modern Erecting Co. · 284 Minn. 508
• Troue v. Marker · 252 N.E.2d 800
• Shepherd v. Consumers Cooperative Association · 384 S.W.2d 635
• Georgia Southern & Florida Ry. Co. v. SEVEN-UP BOTT. CO. SE GEORGIA · 175 So. 2d 39
• Cooney v. Moomaw · 109 F. Supp. 448

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