Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company v. Downey

Decided March 21, 1957. John L. Goodwyn wrote the opinion for the court.

96 So. 2d 278 · Cited 54 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.

• Agricola Furnace Co. v. Smith · 195 So. 743
• Ex Parte Woodward Iron Co. · 99 So. 97
• Greek v. Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co. · 92 So. 458
• Bass v. Cowikee Mills · 67 So. 2d 12
• Alabama By-Products Co. v. Landgraff · 27 So. 2d 215
• Nashville Bridge Co. v. Honeycutt · 20 So. 2d 591
• Morgan-Hill Paving Co. v. Stewart · 126 So. 116
• Nelson v. Boe · 148 So. 311
• Ex Parte De Bardeleben Coal Co. · 103 So. 548
• Debardeleben Coal Corporation v. Richards · 37 So. 2d 121
• Birmingham Post Co. v. McGinnis · 256 Ala. 473
• Ex Parte Pittman Const. Co. · 180 So. 728

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• Brooks v. Crimson Homes, Inc. · 284 So. 2d 279
• Marley Erectors, Inc. v. Rice · 585 So. 2d 1379
• Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Corfman · 424 So. 2d 1326
• Fairfax Mfg. Co. v. Bragg · 342 So. 2d 17
• All American Homes of Alabama v. Nichols · 523 So. 2d 431
• Littleton v. Gold Kist, Inc. · 480 So. 2d 1236
• International Paper Co. v. Murray · 490 So. 2d 1234
• City of Montgomery v. Johnson · 403 So. 2d 244
• Littleton v. Gold Kist, Inc. · 485 So. 2d 1180
• Bell v. Driskill · 213 So. 2d 806
• BF Goodrich Company v. Martin · 253 So. 2d 37
• BF Goodrich Company v. Butler · 324 So. 2d 776
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• Birson v. Decatur Transfer and Storage, Inc. · 122 So. 2d 917
• Lingo v. Dixie Veneer Co. · 349 So. 2d 591
• Gibson v. Southern Stone Company Inc. · 500 So. 2d 32
• City of Enterprise v. Herring · 372 So. 2d 358
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