Sea Calm Shipping Co., S.A. v. Cooks

Decided June 29, 1990. Alva Hugh Maddox wrote the opinion for the court.

565 So. 2d 212 · Cited 89 times

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• Lawler Mobile Homes, Inc. v. Tarver · 492 So. 2d 297
• Defore v. Bourjois, Inc. · 105 So. 2d 846
• Elder v. EI DuPont De Nemours & Co. · 479 So. 2d 1243
• Henderson v. ALABAMA a & M UNIVERSITY · 483 So. 2d 392
• City of Mobile v. Jackson · 474 So. 2d 644
• Meadows v. Coca-Cola Bottling, Inc. · 392 So. 2d 825
• Atkinson v. Gates, McDonald & Co. · 665 F. Supp. 516
• Kennedy Engine Co. v. Dog River Marina & Boatworks, Inc. · 432 So. 2d 1214

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