State Supreme Court / La.

State Ex Rel. Porterie v. Housing Authority of New Orleans

Decided June 27, 1938. Frederick M. Odom wrote the opinion for the court.

182 So. 725 · 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.

Fallbrook Irrigation District v. Bradley · 164 U.S. 112
Rindge Co. v. County of Los Angeles · 262 U.S. 700
Matter of N.Y. City H. Authority v. Muller · 1 N.E.2d 153
Strickley v. Highland Boy Gold Mining Co. · 200 U.S. 527
Mt. Vernon-Woodberry Cotton Duck Co. v. Alabama Interstate Power Co. · 240 U.S. 30
New Orleans Land Co. v. Board of Levee Com'rs · 132 So. 121
Chauvin v. Louisiana Power & Light Co. · 148 So. 23
Peoples Homestead & Savings Ass'n v. Masling · 171 So. 36
State ex rel. Linde v. Equity Co-operative Exchange · 44 N.D. 299

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City of New Orleans v. Louisiana Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · 85 So. 2d 503
Chapman v. Huntington, West Virginia, Housing Authority · 3 S.E.2d 502
Hunter Co. v. McHugh · 11 So. 2d 495
Exxonmobil Pipeline Co. v. Union Pacific Railroad · 15 So. 3d 246
Lennox v. Housing Authority · 137 Neb. 582
Pittman v. Housing Authority · 25 A.2d 466
Laret Investment Co. v. Dickmann · 134 S.W.2d 65
Bader Realty & Invesment Co. v. St. Louis Housing Authority · 217 S.W.2d 489
Marvin v. Housing Authority of Jacksonville · 183 So. 145
Isaacs v. Oklahoma City · 437 P.2d 229
Slay v. La. Energy & Power Authority · 473 So. 2d 51
Humphrey v. City of Phoenix · 102 P.2d 82
Interstate Power Co. v. Town of McGregor · 296 N.W. 770
Cox v. City of Kinston · 217 N.C. 391
Southern Construction Co. v. Housing Authority · 197 So. 2d 628
Parker v. Board of Barber Examiners · 84 So. 2d 80
Dayton Metropolitan Housing Authority v. Evatt · 53 N.E.2d 896
Kantack v. Kreuer · 158 N.W.2d 842
State v. Cenac · 241 La. 1055
Courier-Journal & Louisville Times Co. v. University of Louisville Board of Trustees · 596 S.W.2d 374
Patorno v. Department of Public Safety, Drivers' License Division · 226 La. 471
Wilson v. State ex rel. Louisiana Department & Development Office of Highways · 400 So. 2d 740
State v. Cenac · 132 So. 2d 928

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