Greenfield Construction Co. v. Department of State Highways

Decided January 25, 1978. James Leo Ryan wrote the opinion for the court.

261 N.W.2d 718 · Cited 54 times

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• Taylor v. Auditor General · 103 N.W.2d 769
• Manion v. State Highway Commissioner · 5 N.W.2d 527
• Hunt v. State Highway Commissioner · 86 N.W.2d 345
• Service v. Dulles · 354 U.S. 363
• Aetna Life Insurance v. Haworth · 300 U.S. 227
• Pittman v. City of Taylor · 247 N.W.2d 512
• Zynda v. Aeronautics Commission · 125 N.W.2d 858
• Skelly Oil Co. v. Phillips Petroleum Co. · 339 U.S. 667
• Morton v. Ruiz · 415 U.S. 199
• Perkins v. Lukens Steel Co. · 310 U.S. 113
• Thomas v. Department of State Highways · 247 N.W.2d 530
• Hersey Gravel Co. v. State Highway Department · 9 N.W.2d 567
• Minty v. Board of State Auditors · 58 N.W.2d 106
• Mead v. Michigan Public Service Commission · 5 N.W.2d 740
• McNair v. State Highway Department · 9 N.W.2d 52
• Van Antwerp v. State · 55 N.W.2d 108
• In Re Weldon · 244 N.W.2d 827
• W. H. Knapp Co. v. State Highway Department · 18 N.W.2d 421
• Hirych v. State Fair Commission · 136 N.W.2d 910
• Hill v. State Highway Commission · 170 N.W.2d 18
• Lucking v. People · 31 N.W.2d 707
• Molinaro v. Driver · 111 N.W.2d 50
• Dorfman v. State Highway Department · 238 N.W.2d 395
• Greenfield Construction Co. v. Michigan Department of State Highways · 227 N.W.2d 223
• State Highway Commission v. Tremarco Corp. · 194 N.W.2d 468

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• Martinez v. Department of Public Safety · 263 Conn. 74
• City of Adrian v. Michigan · 362 N.W.2d 708
• Oakland County Board v. Michigan Property & Casualty Guaranty Ass'n · 575 N.W.2d 751
• Arcon Construction Co. v. South Dakota Cement Plant · 349 N.W.2d 407
• Salmon Brook Convalescent Home, Inc. v. Commission on Hospitals & Health Care · 177 Conn. 356
• St. George v. Gordon · 264 Conn. 538
• Kent County Aeronautics Board v. Department of State Police · 609 N.W.2d 593
• Mooahesh v. Department of Treasury · 492 N.W.2d 246
• 77th District Judge v. State · 438 N.W.2d 333
• Rieth-Riley Construction Co. v. Department of Transportation · 357 N.W.2d 62
• Estate of LaRoche v. Doe · 134 N.H. 562
• Stepp v. Department of Natural Resources · 404 N.W.2d 665
• 13-Southfield Associates v. Department of Public Health · 267 N.W.2d 483
• Greenbriar Convalescent Center, Inc v. Department of Public Health · 310 N.W.2d 812
• Bays v. Department of State Police · 280 N.W.2d 526
• Ala. Dept. of Transp. v. Blue Ridge Sand and Gravel, Inc. · 718 So. 2d 27
• K Mart Corp. v. Department of State · 339 N.W.2d 32
• Michigan State Chamber of Commerce v. Secretary of State · 332 N.W.2d 547
• Attorney General v. Beno · 335 N.W.2d 31

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