State Supreme Court / La.

Roberts v. City of Baton Rouge

Decided November 10, 1958. James D. Simon wrote the opinion for the court.

108 So. 2d 111 · Cited 66 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.

State Ex Rel. Porterie v. H. L. Hunt, Inc. · 162 So. 777
State Ex Rel. Kemp v. City of Baton Rouge · 40 So. 2d 477
Meyers v. Flournoy · 25 So. 2d 601
State v. Alden Mills · 12 So. 2d 204
Melancon v. Mizell · 44 So. 2d 826
State v. Texas Co. · 17 So. 2d 569
Giamalva v. Cooper · 217 La. 979
Curatorship of Parks · 26 So. 2d 289
Mouledoux v. Maestri · 2 So. 2d 11
Lionel's Cigar Store v. McFarland · 111 So. 341
Conley v. City of Shreveport · 43 So. 2d 223
Burton v. Lester · 79 So. 2d 333
Malone v. Cannon · 41 So. 2d 837
Louisiana State Department of Agriculture v. Sibille · 22 So. 2d 202
Standard Oil Co. of Louisiana v. Fontenot · 4 So. 2d 634
Gremillion v. Louisiana Public Service Commission · 172 So. 163
State Ex Rel. Thompson v. Department of City Civil Service · 38 So. 2d 385
Lacy v. Employers Mutual Liability Ins. Co. of Wis. · 98 So. 2d 162
State v. Standard Oil Co. of Louisiana · 182 So. 531
Jackson v. Coxe · 23 So. 2d 312
Mills v. City of Baton Rouge · 28 So. 2d 447
Hester v. Louisiana Tax Commission · 227 La. 1022
City of New Orleans v. Christian · 229 La. 855
State v. Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory Corp. · 13 So. 2d 710
Louisiana Wholesale Distributors Ass'n v. Rosenzweig · 36 So. 2d 403

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