South Central Bell Telephone Co. v. Texaco, Inc.

Decided June 21, 1982. Jack C. Watson wrote the opinion for the court.

418 So. 2d 531 · Cited 148 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.

• Dean v. Hercules Incorporated · 328 So. 2d 69
• Devoke v. Yazoo M. v. R. Co. · 30 So. 2d 816
• Arceneaux v. Domingue · 365 So. 2d 1330
• Wilson v. Hartzman · 373 So. 2d 204
• South Central Bell Telephone Co. v. Texaco, Inc. · 407 So. 2d 430

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