Newberry Library v. Board of Education

Decided May 16, 1944. Clyde Ernest Stone wrote the opinion for the court.

55 N.E.2d 147 · Cited 54 times

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• Christopher v. Brusselback · 302 U.S. 500
• Supreme Tribe of Ben-Hur v. Cauble · 255 U.S. 356
• Wabash Railroad v. Adelbert College of Western Reserve University · 208 U.S. 38
• Postal Telegraph Cable Co. v. City of Newport · 247 U.S. 464
• Brenner v. Title Guarantee & Trust Co. · 11 N.E.2d 890
• Groves v. Farmers State Bank · 12 N.E.2d 618
• Southern Pacific Railroad v. United States · 168 U.S. 1
• Avery v. Alabama · 308 U.S. 444
• Old Wayne Mut. Life Assn. of Indianapolis v. McDonough · 204 U.S. 8
• Baker v. Baker, Eccles & Co. · 242 U.S. 394
• Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. Ham · 114 U.S. 587
• Western Life Indemnity Co. of Ill. v. Rupp · 235 U.S. 261
• Peoples Store of Roseland v. McKibbin · 39 N.E.2d 995
• Sebree v. Sebree · 293 Ill. 228
• Hartford Life Insurance v. Barber · 245 U.S. 146
• Plumb v. Goodnow's Administrator · 123 U.S. 560
• Leonard v. Bye · 197 N.E. 546
• Stelling v. Stelling · 153 N.E. 718

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