State Supreme Court / La.

Ricks v. Department of State Civil Service

Decided March 30, 1942. Amos Lee PONDER Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

8 So. 2d 49 · Cited 79 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.

Peck v. City of New Orleans · 5 So. 2d 508
Brown-Forman Co. v. Kentucky · 217 U.S. 563
Burroughs and Cannon v. United States · 290 U.S. 534
Matter of Barthelmess v. . Cukor · 132 N.E. 140
Ward v. Leche · 179 So. 52
State v. Standard Oil Co. of Louisiana · 178 So. 601
People ex rel. Gullett v. McCullough · 254 Ill. 9
City of Shreveport v. Herndon · 105 So. 244
State v. Maitrejean · 192 So. 361
Jackson v. Hart · 190 So. 220
City of Baton Rouge v. Shilg · 5 So. 2d 312
Wm. M. Barret, Inc. v. First Nat. Bank of Shreveport · 186 So. 741
State Ex Rel. Caire v. Board of Com'rs · 141 So. 46

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