Lankford v. Sullivan, Long & Hagerty

Decided July 9, 1982. Clement Clay Torbert Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

416 So. 2d 996 · Cited 69 times

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• Reed v. Reed · 404 U.S. 71
• Opinion of the Justices · 41 So. 2d 775
• Anderson National Bank v. Luckett · 321 U.S. 233
• Gibbes v. Zimmerman · 290 U.S. 326
• Mayo v. Rouselle Corp. · 375 So. 2d 449
• Terry v. Anderson · 95 U.S. 628
• Alabama State Federation of Labor v. McAdory · 18 So. 2d 810
• Washington National Insurance v. Board of Review of New Jersey Unemployment Compensation Commission · 64 A.2d 443
• Fireman's Fund Am. Ins. Co. v. Coleman · 394 So. 2d 334
• Pickett v. Matthews · 192 So. 261
• Beeland Wholesale Co. v. Kaufman · 174 So. 516
• City of Hueytown v. Jiffy Chek Co. · 342 So. 2d 761
• Vernon v. State · 18 So. 2d 388
• Barr v. Preskitt · 389 F. Supp. 496
• Hawkins v. Barney's Lessee · 30 U.S. 457
• Grantham v. Denke · 359 So. 2d 785
• Street v. City of Anniston · 381 So. 2d 26
• Tutton v. Viti · 108 U.S. 312
• Parton v. City of Huntsville · 362 So. 2d 898
• Harrison v. Buckhalt · 364 So. 2d 283
• Parker v. Jefferson County Commission · 347 So. 2d 1321
• Adams v. General Dynamics Corp. · 405 F. Supp. 1020

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