State Supreme Court / Ala.

Knight v. West Alabama Environmental Improvement Authority

Decided April 8, 1971. Howell T. Heflin wrote the opinion for the court.

246 So. 2d 903 · Cited 55 times

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Precedents cited

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.

Edmonson v. State Industrial Development Authority · 184 So. 2d 115
In Re Opinion of the Justices · 187 So. 244
State Ex Rel. Wilkinson v. Murphy · 186 So. 487
Alabama State Bridge Corporation v. Smith · 116 So. 695
Yeilding v. State Ex Rel. Wilkinson · 167 So. 580
Scott v. Alabama State Bridge Corporation · 169 So. 273
Norton v. Lusk · 26 So. 2d 849
Dearborn v. Johnson · 173 So. 864
Opinion of the Justices · 264 Ala. 176
Heck v. Hall · 190 So. 280
Kendrick v. Boyd · 51 So. 2d 694
Rogers v. Garlington · 173 So. 372
Porter Coal Co. v. Davis · 165 So. 93
Taylor v. Johnson · 93 So. 2d 143

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