Hurd v. Illinois Bell Telephone Company

Decided September 27, 1955. Julius Jennings Hoffman wrote the opinion for the court.

136 F. Supp. 125 · Cited 65 times

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• Schofield v. Zion's Co-Op. Mercantile Institution · 39 P.2d 342
• Weger v. Robinson Nash Motor Co. · 172 N.E. 7
• Hurn v. Oursler · 289 U.S. 238
• Dismuke v. United States · 297 U.S. 167
• Sessions v. Southern California Edison Co. · 47 Cal. App. 2d 611
• Ledwith v. Bankers Life Insurance · 54 N.W.2d 409
• United States Trust Co. v. Jones · 111 N.E.2d 144
• Cowles v. Morris & Co. · 161 N.E. 150
• Gardner v. Ewing · 88 F. Supp. 315
• Moore v. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. · 24 S.E.2d 361
• Aitken v. Roche · 292 P. 464
• Shipley v. Pittsburgh & L. E. R. Co. · 70 F. Supp. 870
• Spiner v. Western Union Telegraph Co. · 73 S.W.2d 566

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• Farwell Construction Co. v. Ticktin · 405 N.E.2d 1051
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• Robbins v. C. W. Myers Trading Post, Inc. · 117 S.E.2d 438
• Gitelson v. Du Pont · 17 N.Y.2d 46
• McHorse v. Portland General Electric Company · 521 P.2d 315
• Cresswell v. United States · 173 F. Supp. 805
• Harris v. American General Finance Corp. · 368 N.E.2d 1099
• Ruth v. Lewis · 166 F. Supp. 346
• Southwestern Bell Tel. Co. v. Siegler · 398 S.W.2d 531
• Franklin Life Insurance v. Commonwealth Edison Co. · 451 F. Supp. 602
• Lehner v. Crane Co. · 448 F. Supp. 1127
• Rosa v. Warner Electrical Contracting · 870 P.2d 1210
• Molburg v. Hunter Hosiery, Inc. · 102 N.H. 422
• Hamann v. Crouch · 508 P.2d 968
• McDaniels v. Heckler · 571 F. Supp. 880
• Guardianship Estate of Keffeler v. Department of Social & Health Services · 145 Wash. 2d 1
• Lessard v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · 568 A.2d 491
• Nelson v. Joyce · 404 F. Supp. 489
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• School Bd. of Broward County v. GREAT AM. INS. COMPANY · 807 So. 2d 750
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