Shaw v. City Council

Decided November 21, 1905. John C. Sherwin wrote the opinion for the court.

131 Iowa 128 · Cited 53 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.

• Jacobson v. Massachusetts · 197 U.S. 11
• Dent v. West Virginia · 129 U.S. 114
• Blake v. McClung · 172 U.S. 239
• Newton v. Commissioners · 100 U.S. 548
• Wilson v. North Carolina · 169 U.S. 586
• City of Evansville v. State ex rel. Blend · 118 Ind. 426
• In Re Lockwood · 154 U.S. 116
• Conner v. St. John Elliott · 59 U.S. 591
• Gougar v. Timberlake · 148 Ind. 38
• Goodrich v. Mitchell · 68 Kan. 765
• Huff v. Cook · 44 Iowa 639
• Van Valkenburg v. Brown · 43 Cal. 43
• People Ex Rel. Sears v. . Tobey · 47 N.E. 800
• Stewart v. Bd. of Super. of Polk County · 30 Iowa 9
• Adams v. Brenan · 177 Ill. 194
• Morris v. Powell · 125 Ind. 281
• Holden v. City of Alton · 179 Ill. 318
• Fiske v. People ex rel. Raymond · 188 Ill. 206

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• Hogan v. Hartwell · 7 So. 2d 889
• State ex rel. Jones v. Sargent · 145 Iowa 298
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Graham v. Schmid · 3 A.2d 701
• Valley Nat. Bank of Phoenix v. Glover · 159 P.2d 292
• Pierce v. Green · 294 N.W. 237
• Smith v. Thompson · 258 N.W. 190
• Swantush v. City of Detroit · 241 N.W. 265
• State v. Woitha · 287 N.W. 99
• In Re Petition of Justice of the Peace Assoc. of Ind. · 147 N.E.2d 16
• Haas v. Contest Court · 265 N.W. 373
• Winkler v. Spinnato · 134 A.D.2d 66
• Maddy v. City Council · 285 N.W. 208
• Clark v. Herring · 260 N.W. 436
• Eckerson v. City of Des Moines · 137 Iowa 452
• Jontz v. Northup · 157 Iowa 6
• Thurber v. Duckworth · 165 Iowa 685
• Midwest Mutual Insurance v. De Hoet · 222 N.W. 548

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