State Supreme Court / Mo.

Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Whitehead & Kales Co.

Decided April 28, 1978. Robert Eldridge Seiler wrote the opinion for the court.

566 S.W.2d 466 · Cited 170 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.

Crouch v. Tourtelot · 350 S.W.2d 799
Best v. Yerkes · 77 N.W.2d 23
Kelly v. Long Island Lighting Co. · 31 N.Y.2d 25
Sampson v. Missouri Pacific Railroad · 560 S.W.2d 573
State Ex Rel. McClure v. Dinwiddie · 213 S.W.2d 127
State Ex Rel. Laclede Gas Company v. Godfrey · 468 S.W.2d 693
Donald v. Home Service Oil Co. · 513 S.W.2d 426
Bielski v. Schulze · 16 Wis. 2d 1
McDonnell Aircraft Corp. v. Hartman-Hanks-Walsh Painting Co. · 323 S.W.2d 788
Fields v. Berry · 549 S.W.2d 122
Hays-Fendler Construction Co. v. Traroloc Investment Co. · 521 S.W.2d 171
Tolbert v. Gerber Industries, Inc. · 255 N.W.2d 362
Packard v. Whitten · 274 A.2d 169
State Ex Rel. Hall v. Cook · 400 S.W.2d 39
Campbell v. Preston · 379 S.W.2d 557
Hales v. Green Colonial, Inc. · 402 F. Supp. 738

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