Reeves v. Louisiana and Arkansas Railway Company

Decided August 20, 1973. Frank Summers wrote the opinion for the court.

282 So. 2d 503 · Cited 82 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.

• Dixie Drive It Yourself System New Orleans Co. v. American Beverage Co. · 137 So. 2d 298
• Day v. Campbell-Grosjean Roofing & Sheet Metal Corp. · 256 So. 2d 105
• Thibodaux v. Sun Oil Co. · 49 So. 2d 852
• Felt v. Price · 126 So. 2d 330
• Theunissen v. Guidry · 153 So. 2d 869
• Reboni v. Case Brothers, Inc. · 137 Conn. 501
• Spiers v. Consolidated Companies, Inc. · 132 So. 2d 879
• Townsend v. Missouri Pac. R. Co. · 113 So. 130
• Simoneaux v. Copolymer Rubber & Chemical Corp. · 189 So. 2d 745
• Reeves v. Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Co. · 263 So. 2d 446

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