Newman v. Department of Fire

Decided January 10, 1983. Fred A. Blanche Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

425 So. 2d 753 · Cited 129 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.

• Leggett v. Northwestern State College · 140 So. 2d 5
• Thornton v. DHHR · 394 So. 2d 1269
• Sanders v. Dept. of Health and Human Resources · 394 So. 2d 629
• Merchant v. Dept. of Finance · 391 So. 2d 587

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