Oppenheim v. City of Florence

Decided June 14, 1934. Arthur B. Foster wrote the opinion for the court.

155 So. 859 · Cited 50 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.

• Litchfield v. Ballou · 114 U.S. 190
• Department of Water & Power v. Vroman · 22 P.2d 698
• Steiner v. Town of Capitol Heights · 105 So. 682
• State Docks Commission v. Barnes · 143 So. 581
• Alabama State Bridge Corporation v. Smith · 116 So. 695
• Shields v. City of Loveland · 74 Colo. 27
• Conway v. City of Chicago · 237 Ill. 128
• Kimmons v. Jefferson County Board of Education · 85 So. 774
• Lewis v. Widber · 99 Cal. 412
• Shelton v. City of Los Angeles · 275 P. 421
• General Electric Co. v. Town of Fort Deposit · 174 Ala. 179
• Lummus Cotton Gin Co. v. Walker · 195 Ala. 552
• Hanover Nat. Bank of New York v. Thomas · 117 So. 42
• Town of Capitol Heights v. Steiner · 101 So. 451
• Alabama Water Co. v. City of Attalla · 100 So. 490
• Gunter v. Hackworth · 182 Ala. 205
• Kennedy v. Carter · 117 So. 182
• McClain v. Regents of the University · 256 P. 412
• Jackson & E. Ry. Co. v. Burns · 13 So. 908
• Town of Cottonwood v. H. M. Austin & Co. · 158 Ala. 117
• St. Louis Brewing Ass'n v. Austin · 100 Ala. 313

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• Alabama Power Co. v. City of Scottsboro · 190 So. 412
• First Nat. Bank of Montgomery v. Town of Luverne · 180 So. 283
• Alabama Power Co. v. Ickes · 302 U.S. 464
• Clarke v. South Carolina Public Service Authority · 181 S.E. 481
• Scott v. Alabama State Bridge Corporation · 169 So. 273
• Norton v. Lusk · 26 So. 2d 849
• Newberry v. City of Andalusia · 57 So. 2d 629
• State Ex Rel. Public Institutional Building Authority v. Griffith · 22 N.E.2d 200
• Phenix City v. Alabama Power Co. · 195 So. 894
• Smith v. Town of Guin · 155 So. 865
• State v. Inman · 195 So. 448
• Harman v. Alabama College · 177 So. 747
• Chamberlain v. Board of Commissioners · 11 So. 2d 724
• Guthrie v. City of Mesa · 56 P.2d 655
• Eagerton v. Second Econ. Dev. Coop. Dist. · 909 So. 2d 783
• Tennessee Electric Power Co. v. Tennessee Valley Authority · 21 F. Supp. 947
• Lee v. City of Decatur · 172 So. 284
• Fuller v. City of Cullman · 199 So. 2
• Taxpayers and Citizens v. Board of Commissioners · 41 So. 2d 597
• Taxpayers and Citizens v. Town of Georgiana · 265 Ala. 654
• Water Works Board of City of Leeds v. Huffstutler · 299 So. 2d 268
• Smith v. Waterworks Board of City of Cullman · 175 So. 380
• City of Montgomery v. Montgomery City Lines, Inc. · 49 So. 2d 199

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