Liddick v. City of Council Bluffs

Decided August 11, 1942. William L. Bliss wrote the opinion for the court.

5 N.W.2d 361 · 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.

• Crane v. Hahlo · 258 U.S. 142
• Smith v. Erie Rd. Co. · 16 N.E.2d 310
• In Re Forsstrom · 38 P.2d 878
• Campbell v. Arkansas State Highway Commission · 38 S.W.2d 753
• Ridgway v. City of Osceola · 139 Iowa 590
• Pumpelly v. Green Bay Co. · 80 U.S. 166
• Rose v. State of California · 19 Cal. 2d 713
• Lahr v. Metropolitan Elevated Railway Co. · 10 N.E. 528
• Breinig v. Allegheny County · 2 A.2d 842
• Andrews v. Cox · 17 A.2d 507
• Peck v. Alfred Olsen Construction Co. · 245 N.W. 131
• Talcott Bros. v. City of Des Moines · 134 Iowa 113
• Dawson v. McKinnon · 285 N.W. 258
• McCann v. Clarke County · 149 Iowa 13
• Cain v. Aspinwall-Delafield Co. · 137 A. 610
• Meek v. State · 185 N.E. 899
• Chiesa & Co. v. City of Des Moines · 158 Iowa 343
• People Ex Rel. Crane v. . Ormond · 116 N.E. 993
• Nalon v. City of Sioux City · 250 N.W. 166
• Prymek v. Washington County · 296 N.W. 467
• Accomac Realty Co. v. City of St. Louis · 152 S.W.2d 100
• Hubbell v. City of Des Moines · 173 Iowa 55
• Pernell v. City of Henderson · 16 S.E.2d 449
• Reilly v. City of Fort Dodge · 118 Iowa 633
• Wendt v. Incorporated Town of Akron · 161 Iowa 338

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• Simpson v. Iowa State Highway Commission · 195 N.W.2d 528
• Stom v. City of Council Bluffs · 189 N.W.2d 522
• Iowa State Highway Commission v. Smith · 82 N.W.2d 755
• Harrison-Pottawattamie Drainage District No. 1 Ex Rel. Osborn v. State · 156 N.W.2d 835
• Anderlik v. Iowa State Highway Commission · 38 N.W.2d 605
• Hathaway v. City of Sioux City · 57 N.W.2d 228
• Bacich v. Board of Control · 23 Cal. 2d 343
• Ayres v. City Council of Los Angeles · 34 Cal. 2d 31
• Gacke v. Pork Xtra, L.L.C. · 684 N.W.2d 168
• Bormann v. KOSSUTH COUNTY BD. OF SUP'RS · 584 N.W.2d 309
• Burnquist v. Cook · 19 N.W.2d 394
• Hedrick v. Graham · 96 S.E.2d 129
• Lehman v. Iowa State Highway Commission · 99 N.W.2d 404
• Downing v. Municipal Court · 88 Cal. App. 2d 345
• Hillerege v. City of Scottsbluff · 83 N.W.2d 76
• Hagenson v. United Telephone Company · 164 N.W.2d 853
• Gates v. City of Bloomfield · 53 N.W.2d 279
• Iowa Development Co. v. Iowa State Highway Commission · 122 N.W.2d 323
• Braden v. Board of Supervisors · 261 Iowa 973
• Rhodes v. Iowa State Highway Commission · 94 N.W.2d 97
• State Ex Rel. Willey v. Griggs · 358 P.2d 174
• Hall v. State Ex Rel. South Dakota Department of Transportation · 2011 S.D. 70
• Crawford v. City of Des Moines · 124 N.W.2d 868
• Kenner v. City of Minot · 98 N.W.2d 901
• Tott v. Sioux City · 155 N.W.2d 502

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