Hoover Motor Exp. Co. v. Railroad & Public Utilities Commission

Decided July 17, 1953. Pride Tomlinson wrote the opinion for the court.

261 S.W.2d 233 · Cited 129 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.

• McKee v. Board of Elections · 117 S.W.2d 752
• Muskrat v. United States · 219 U.S. 346
• Alton Railroad v. United States · 315 U.S. 15
• Western Paper Makers' Chemical Co. v. United States · 271 U.S. 268
• Dunlap v. Dixie Greyhound Lines, Inc. · 160 S.W.2d 413
• Prosterman v. Tennessee State Board of Dental Examiners · 73 S.W.2d 687
• Tenn. Cartage Co., Inc. v. Pharr · 199 S.W.2d 119
• W. J. Savage Co. v. City of Knoxville · 72 S.W.2d 1057
• Kentucky-Tennessee Light & Power Co. v. Dunlap · 178 S.W.2d 636
• Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry. v. Browning · 140 S.W.2d 781
• Hoover Motor Express Co., Inc. v. Taylor · 203 S.W.2d 366
• Int. Com. Comm. v. Louis. & Nash. RR · 227 U.S. 88
• Turner v. Eslick · 146 Tenn. 236

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