State Supreme Court / Mo.

May Department Stores Co. v. State Tax Commission

Decided January 13, 1958. Henry I. Eager wrote the opinion for the court.

308 S.W.2d 748 · Cited 55 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.

State Ex Rel. Thompson v. Bethards · 9 S.W.2d 603
State Ex Rel. Young v. F. W. Woolworth Co. · 159 S.W.2d 297
State Ex Rel. Lindell Tower Apartments, Inc. v. Guise · 206 S.W.2d 320
Sunday Lake Iron Co. v. Township of Wakefield · 247 U.S. 350
State Ex Rel. Rice v. Public Service Commission · 220 S.W.2d 61
Rogan v. Commrs. of Calvert County · 71 A.2d 47
Hamilton v. Adkins · 35 So. 2d 183
Ellis v. State Department of Public Health & Welfare · 365 Mo. 614
Kennen v. McFarling · 165 S.W.2d 681
State Ex Rel. Merritt v. Gardner · 148 S.W.2d 780
State Ex Rel. Horn v. Randall · 275 S.W.2d 758
St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. Co. v. Ark. Publ. Service Comm. · 304 S.W.2d 297
State Ex Rel. County of St. Louis v. Evans · 139 S.W.2d 967

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Koplar v. State Tax Commission · 321 S.W.2d 686
Savage v. State Tax Com'n of Missouri · 722 S.W.2d 72
State Ex Rel. St. Francois County School District R—III v. Lalumondier · 518 S.W.2d 638
Hermel, Inc. v. State Tax Commission · 564 S.W.2d 888
Missouri National Education Ass'n v. Missouri State Board of Education · 34 S.W.3d 266
Rocky Mountain Oil & Gas Ass'n v. State Board of Equalization, Department of Revenue & Taxation · 749 P.2d 221
In Re the Tax Appeal of Hawaiian Land Co. · 487 P.2d 1070
Skinner v. New Mexico State Tax Commission · 345 P.2d 750
John Calvin Manor, Inc. v. Aylward · 517 S.W.2d 59
Alexander v. Town of Barton · 565 A.2d 1294
Rietsch v. TWH Co., Inc. · 702 S.W.2d 108
State Ex Rel. State Tax Commission v. Briscoe · 451 S.W.2d 1
Carpenter v. State Board of Equalization & Assessment · 178 Neb. 611
Hillock v. Bade · 523 P.2d 97
St. Louis County v. State Tax Commission · 406 S.W.2d 644
Armstrong-Trotwood, LLC v. State Tax Commission · 516 S.W.3d 830
St. Louis County v. State Tax Commission · 608 S.W.2d 413
Johnson v. County of Ramsey · 187 N.W.2d 675
Stehly v. Davison County · 2011 S.D. 49
Probst v. City of New Orleans · 337 So. 2d 1081
Emerson Electric Manufacturing Co. v. City of Ferguson · 359 S.W.2d 225
Alberts v. Board of Supervisors · 193 Cal. App. 2d 225
State v. Kosovitz · 342 S.W.2d 828
Mo. Nat. Educ. v. Mo. State Bd. of Educ. · 34 S.W.3d 266

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