Johnson Publishing Co. v. Davis

Decided August 18, 1960. Davis F. Stakely wrote the opinion for the court.

124 So. 2d 441 · Cited 69 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.

• Liberty National Life Insurance Company v. Weldon · 100 So. 2d 696
• Advertiser Co. v. Jones · 169 Ala. 196
• Webb v. Gray · 181 Ala. 408
• INTERNATIONAL UNION, ETC. v. Palmer · 104 So. 2d 691
• Whitcomb v. Hearst Corp. · 107 N.E.2d 295
• Ferdon v. Dickens · 161 Ala. 181
• Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Traylor · 195 So. 724
• Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Flowers · 330 U.S. 464
• Housing Authority v. Decatur Land Co. · 258 Ala. 607
• Sorrell v. Lindsey · 25 So. 2d 725
• American Rubber Corp. v. Jolley · 72 So. 2d 102
• Fleckenstein v. Friedman · 193 N.E. 537
• Knowles v. Blue · 95 So. 481
• Airheart v. Green · 104 So. 2d 687
• Moore-Handley Hardware Co. v. Williams · 189 So. 757
• Ray v. Richardson · 36 So. 2d 89
• Tucker v. Tucker · 28 So. 2d 637
• Dollar v. McKinney · 103 So. 2d 785
• Little v. Sugg · 8 So. 2d 866
• McGraw v. Thomason · 93 So. 2d 741
• Weir v. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen · 129 So. 267
• Smith Bros. v. Agee & Co. · 178 Ala. 627
• Dersis v. Dersis · 98 So. 27
• Daniel Construction Company v. Pierce · 120 So. 2d 381
• Southern Cotton Oil Co. v. Walker · 164 Ala. 33

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