Lee v. Memphis Pub. Co.

Decided June 14, 1943. William Greene Roberds wrote the opinion for the court.

14 So. 2d 351 · Cited 55 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.

• Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co. v. McKibbin · 243 U.S. 264
• St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. of Texas v. Alexander · 227 U.S. 218
• Green v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. · 205 U.S. 530
• International Harvester Co. of America v. Kentucky · 234 U.S. 579
• People's Tobacco Co. v. American Tobacco Co. · 246 U.S. 79
• Tauza v. . Susquehanna Coal Co. · 115 N.E. 915
• Forman v. Mississippi Publishers Corp. · 14 So. 2d 344
• Black v. Vermont Marble Company · 82 P. 1060
• American Asphalt Roof Corp. v. Shankland · 219 N.W. 23
• Lauricella v. Evening News Pub. Co. · 15 F. Supp. 671

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• Mississippi Chemical Corp. v. Vulcan-Cincinnati, Inc. · 224 F. Supp. 11
• Smith v. Barker · 306 F. Supp. 1173
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• Mississippi Power & Light Co. v. Town of Coldwater · 168 F. Supp. 463
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• Mize v. Harvey Shapiro Enterprises, Inc. · 714 F. Supp. 220
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• Savell v. Schultz, Baujan & Co. · 57 So. 2d 151
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• Alabama, Tennessee & Northern Railroad v. Howell · 244 Miss. 157
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