Marrapese v. Rhode Island

Decided October 10, 1980. Raymond James Pettine wrote the opinion for the court.

500 F. Supp. 1207 · Cited 71 times

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• Quince v. State · 179 A.2d 485
• Johnson v. Zerbst · 304 U.S. 458
• Smith v. Reeves · 178 U.S. 436
• Chandler v. Dix · 194 U.S. 590
• Markham v. State · 210 A.2d 146
• Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co. · 312 U.S. 496
• Carey v. Piphus · 435 U.S. 247
• Wilkinson v. Harrington · 243 A.2d 745
• Calhoun v. City of Providence · 390 A.2d 350
• Townsend v. Wisconsin Desert Horse Ass'n · 167 N.W.2d 425
• Savage v. Com. of Pennsylvania · 475 F. Supp. 524
• Mayle v. Pennsylvania Department of Highways · 388 A.2d 709
• Wilkinson v. Vesey · 295 A.2d 676
• Hicks v. State · 544 P.2d 1153
• Willis v. Department of Conservation & Economic Development · 55 N.J. 534
• Thomas v. Department of State Highways · 247 N.W.2d 530
• Hutchinson v. Board of Trustees of University of Alabama · 256 So. 2d 281
• Perkins v. State · 251 N.E.2d 30
• Elizabeth River Tunnel District v. Beecher · 117 S.E.2d 685
• Fuscellaro v. Industrial National Corporation · 368 A.2d 1227
• Evans v. Board of County Commissioners · 174 Colo. 97
• Benjamin Foster Co. v. Commonwealth · 318 Mass. 190
• Romano v. Westinghouse Electric Co. · 336 A.2d 555

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