Jones v. McElroy

Decided March 30, 1977. Alfred Leopold Luongo wrote the opinion for the court.

429 F. Supp. 848 · Cited 54 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.

• Cort v. Ash · 422 U.S. 66
• District of Columbia v. Carter · 409 U.S. 418
• Pitrone v. Mercadante · 420 F. Supp. 1384
• Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle · 429 U.S. 274
• Williams v. Brown · 398 F. Supp. 155
• Meyer v. Nebraska · 262 U.S. 390
• Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. Camp · 397 U.S. 150
• Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Rigsby · 241 U.S. 33
• City of Charlotte v. Local 660, International Ass'n of Firefighters · 426 U.S. 283
• Crosley v. Davis · 426 F. Supp. 389
• Dahl v. City of Palo Alto · 372 F. Supp. 647
• Perzanowski v. Salvio · 369 F. Supp. 223
• Veres v. County of Monroe · 364 F. Supp. 1327
• Barron Ex Rel. Tiernan v. Mayor of Baltimore · 32 U.S. 243
• Sanberg v. Daley · 306 F. Supp. 277
• Drennon v. Philadelphia General Hospital · 428 F. Supp. 809
• Valley v. Maule · 297 F. Supp. 958
• Salazar v. Dowd · 256 F. Supp. 220
• Maybanks v. Ingraham · 378 F. Supp. 913
• Downs v. Department of Public Welfare · 368 F. Supp. 454
• Roach v. Kligman · 412 F. Supp. 521
• Panzarella v. Boyle · 406 F. Supp. 787
• Smetanka v. Borough of Ambridge, Pennsylvania · 378 F. Supp. 1366
• Patterson v. City of Chester · 389 F. Supp. 1093
• Reed v. Philadelphia Housing Authority · 372 F. Supp. 686

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• Jones v. City of Philadelphia · 491 F. Supp. 284
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• Close v. Voorhees · 67 Pa. Commw. 205
• Cunha v. City of Algona · 334 N.W.2d 591
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• Stringer v. City of Chicago · 464 F. Supp. 887
• Coggins v. McQueen · 447 F. Supp. 960
• Huemmer v. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, ETC. · 474 F. Supp. 704

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