State Supreme Court / La.

State Ex Rel. Department of Highways v. Rapier

Decided May 12, 1964. Joe Busbey Hamiter wrote the opinion for the court.

164 So. 2d 280 · 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.

Domino v. Josephine · 99 So. 2d 328
Parish of Iberia v. Cook · 116 So. 2d 491
State Ex Rel. Department of Highways v. Levy · 136 So. 2d 35
Housing Authority v. Boudwine · 224 La. 988
Caddo Parish School Board v. Willer · 78 So. 2d 833
Koerber v. City of New Orleans · 100 So. 2d 461
State Ex Rel. Department of Highways v. Chadick · 76 So. 2d 398

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West Jefferson Levee D. v. Coast Quality · 640 So. 2d 1258
State, Dept. of Trans. & Dev. v. Boagni · 509 So. 2d 471
State, Department of Highways v. McPherson · 259 So. 2d 33
Gulf States Utilities Company v. Norman · 183 So. 2d 421
Exxon Pipeline Co. v. Hill · 788 So. 2d 1154
State, Department of Highways v. Mouledous · 200 So. 2d 384
Pointe Coupee Elec. Mem. Corp. v. Mounger · 447 So. 2d 1104
State, Dept. of Highways v. Terrace Land Co., Inc. · 298 So. 2d 859
Faustina Pipe Line Co. v. Hebert · 469 So. 2d 483
Faustina Pipe Line Co. v. Broussard · 450 So. 2d 17
Shopf v. Marina Del Ray Partnership · 549 So. 2d 833
Town of Rayville v. Thomason · 404 So. 2d 1290
STATE, DOTD v. Fakouri · 541 So. 2d 291
State ex rel. Department of Highways v. Fontane · 185 So. 2d 573
STATE, DEPT. OF TRANSP. & DEV. v. Goldsby · 427 So. 2d 580
Vela v. Plaquemines Parish Government · 729 So. 2d 178
STATE, DOTD v. Semp Russ Plantations · 529 So. 2d 487
State, Department of Highways v. Clement · 311 So. 2d 5
State, Department of Transportation & Development v. Wagner · 25 So. 3d 221
State, Department of Transportation & Development v. Foshee · 533 So. 2d 1283
State ex rel. Department of Highways v. Hannah · 217 So. 2d 798
State ex rel. Department of Highways v. Manasco · 331 So. 2d 525

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