Mumpower v. Housing Authority

Decided November 26, 1940. Preston W. Campbell wrote the opinion for the court.

176 Va. 426 · Cited 78 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.

• West Bros. Brick Co. v. City of Alexandria · 169 Va. 271
• Ohio v. Helvering · 292 U.S. 360
• State ex rel. George v. Aiken · 42 S.C. 222
• Light v. City of Danville · 168 Va. 181
• Nichols v. Central Virginia Power Co. · 143 Va. 405
• Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. · 272 U.S. 365
• Alabama Power Co. v. Ickes · 302 U.S. 464
• Gorieb v. Fox · 274 U.S. 603
• New Orleans Gas Light Co. v. Drainage Commission of New Orleans · 197 U.S. 453
• Bacon v. Walker · 204 U.S. 311
• Stone v. Mississippi · 101 U.S. 814
• Miller v. Board of Public Works of Los Angeles · 234 P. 381
• City of Richmond v. Virginia Railway & Power Co. · 141 Va. 69
• Crowley v. Christensen · 137 U.S. 86
• Chapman v. Huntington, West Virginia, Housing Authority · 3 S.E.2d 502
• Humphrey v. City of Phoenix · 102 P.2d 82

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• Infants v. Virginia Housing Development Authority · 272 S.E.2d 649
• Barr v. Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC · 815 S.E.2d 783
• City of Charlottesville v. DeHaan · 323 S.E.2d 131
• HOFFMAN FAMILY v. City of Alexandria · 634 S.E.2d 722
• Hunter v. Norfolk Redevelopment & Housing Authority · 195 Va. 326
• City of Richmond v. Dervishian · 190 Va. 398
• Board of Supervisors v. DeGroff Enterprises, Inc. · 198 S.E.2d 600
• Byrd v. Martin, Hopkins, Lemon and Carter, PC · 564 F. Supp. 1425
• County of Fairfax v. Fleet Industrial Park Ltd. Partnership · 410 S.E.2d 669
• Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Boise Redevelopment Agency · 607 P.2d 1084
• Fairfax County v. DeGroff · 214 Va. 235
• Tower v. Northern Virginia Transportation District Commission · 242 Va. 371
• Baecher v. McFarland · 183 Va. 1
• Virginia Electric & Power Co. v. Hampton Redevelopment & Housing Authority · 217 Va. 30
• Hogue v. Port of Seattle · 341 P.2d 171
• Blue Cross of Virginia v. Com. · 269 S.E.2d 827
• Blankenship v. City of Richmond · 188 Va. 97
• State Ex Rel. Dyer v. Sims · 58 S.E.2d 766
• Marshall v. Northern Virginia Transp. Auth. · 657 S.E.2d 71
• Bristol Redevelopment & Housing Authority v. Denton · 198 Va. 171
• In re: Woodley · 777 S.E.2d 560
• Almond v. Gilmer · 188 Va. 1
• Black v. Commonwealth · 553 S.E.2d 738
• Finney v. Hawkins · 189 Va. 878
• Farquhar v. Board of Supervisors · 196 Va. 54

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