State Supreme Court / Ala.

Peddycoart v. City of Birmingham

Decided January 13, 1978. Samuel A. Beatty wrote the opinion for the court.

354 So. 2d 808 · Cited 90 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.

Dearborn v. Johnson · 173 So. 864
Brandon v. Askew · 172 Ala. 160
Dunn v. Dean · 196 Ala. 486
Standard Oil Co. of Kentucky v. Limestone County · 124 So. 523
Board of Revenue v. Kayser · 88 So. 19
State ex rel. Brandon v. Prince · 199 Ala. 444
Jackson v. City of Florence · 320 So. 2d 68
Stanley v. Colt · 72 U.S. 119
Burns v. State · 19 So. 2d 450
State ex rel. Crenshaw v. Joseph · 175 Ala. 579
Mathis v. State · 189 So. 2d 564
Jansen v. State Ex Rel. Downing · 137 So. 2d 47
State Docks Commission v. State Ex Rel. Cummings · 150 So. 345
Couch v. Rodgers · 45 So. 2d 699
City of Birmingham v. Moore · 27 So. 2d 869
Masters v. Pruce · 274 So. 2d 33
City of Montgomery v. Graham · 53 So. 2d 363
Jenkins v. State · 16 So. 2d 314
Dudley v. Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Co. · 139 Ala. 453
Walker County v. Barnett · 24 So. 2d 665
Parrish v. Stembridge · 337 So. 2d 754
Comer v. City of Mobile · 337 So. 2d 742
Wright v. Empire Coal Co. · 199 Ala. 427
State Ex Rel. Bassett v. Nelson · 98 So. 715

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