State Supreme Court / Ala.

Knop v. McCain

Decided December 22, 1989. Alva Hugh Maddox wrote the opinion for the court.

561 So. 2d 229 · Cited 122 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.

Ex Parte Beam · 512 So. 2d 723
Gray v. Sherwood · 436 So. 2d 836
Ex Parte Rutledge · 523 So. 2d 1118
Alabama Power Co. v. Henderson · 342 So. 2d 323
Grandquest v. Williams · 135 So. 2d 391
Brown v. Woolverton · 121 So. 404
Willingham v. State · 80 So. 2d 280
Mutual Building & Loan Ass'n v. Watson · 147 So. 817
Wood v. Woodham · 561 So. 2d 224
Kinder v. State · 515 So. 2d 55
Tidmore v. City of Birmingham · 356 So. 2d 231
Mahan v. State · 508 So. 2d 1180
Ex Parte Tidmore · 356 So. 2d 234
Jarrell v. State · 355 So. 2d 747
Fordham v. State · 513 So. 2d 31

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