Riggs v. Burson

Decided March 10, 1997. E Riley Anderson wrote the opinion for the court.

941 S.W.2d 44 · Cited 306 times

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• Newton v. Cox · 878 S.W.2d 105
• Garden State Farms, Inc. v. Bay · 77 N.J. 439
• Tennessee Small School Systems v. McWherter · 851 S.W.2d 139
• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 467 U.S. 837
• Retail Clerks International Ass'n, Local 1625 v. Schermerhorn · 375 U.S. 96
• Wright v. County of Winnebago · 391 N.E.2d 772
• Brown v. Campbell County Board of Education · 915 S.W.2d 407
• Owens v. State · 908 S.W.2d 923
• Petition of Burson · 909 S.W.2d 768
• Civil Service Merit Board of City of Knoxville v. Burson · 816 S.W.2d 725
• Wilson v. Johnson County · 879 S.W.2d 807
• Fallin v. Knox County Board of Commissioners · 656 S.W.2d 338
• Davis-Kidd Booksellers, Inc. v. McWherter · 866 S.W.2d 520
• Pursell v. First American National Bank · 937 S.W.2d 838
• State v. Tester · 879 S.W.2d 823
• State Ex Rel. Anglin v. Mitchell · 596 S.W.2d 779
• Watson v. Cleveland Chair Co. · 789 S.W.2d 538
• Faux-Burhans v. County Com'rs of Frederick County · 674 F. Supp. 1172
• Knox County Ex Rel. Kessel v. Lenoir City · 837 S.W.2d 382

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