State Court of Appeals / Ala. Civ. App.

State Ex Rel. Shellhouse v. Bentley

Decided July 14, 1995. Sharon Gilbert Yates wrote the opinion for the court.

666 So. 2d 517 · Cited 56 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.

Phillippi v. State Ex Rel. Burke · 589 So. 2d 1303
Ex Parte University of South Alabama · 541 So. 2d 535
Dimoff v. Dimoff · 606 So. 2d 159
Ex Parte Bayliss · 550 So. 2d 986
Frasemer v. Frasemer · 578 So. 2d 1346
Willis v. Levesque · 402 So. 2d 1003
Kernop v. Taylor · 628 So. 2d 707
B.A. v. State Dept. of Human Resources · 640 So. 2d 961
Smith v. Smith · 599 So. 2d 1182
Schotz v. Oliver · 361 So. 2d 605
STATE DEPT. OF HUMAN RESOURCES v. Nathan · 655 So. 2d 1044
Grimes v. Woolman · 595 So. 2d 504
Hermsmeier v. McCoy · 608 So. 2d 1369

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