State Supreme Court / Ala.

State Ex Rel. Steele v. Board of Education

Decided February 17, 1949. Thomas S. Lawson wrote the opinion for the court.

40 So. 2d 689 · Cited 69 times

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Precedents cited

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.

Ford Motor Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 305 U.S. 364
Alabama Power Co. v. City of Fort Payne · 187 So. 632
Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. Holland · 173 Ala. 675
Greco v. Roper · 61 N.E.2d 307
Gainer v. Board of Education of Jefferson County · 33 So. 2d 880
Brown v. Board of Education of Blount County · 5 So. 2d 629
Whittington v. Barbour County Board of Education · 36 So. 2d 83
Holcombe v. County Board of Education · 4 So. 2d 503
Int. Com. Comm. v. Louis. & Nash. RR · 227 U.S. 88
Alabama Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Alabama Power Co. · 36 So. 2d 523

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Board of Education of Choctaw County v. Kennedy · 55 So. 2d 511
Marshall County Board of Education v. State Tenure Commission · 280 So. 2d 130
Ex Parte Jackson · 625 So. 2d 425
Jackson v. Alabama State Tenure Commission · 625 So. 2d 425
City of Birmingham v. Personnel Bd. · 467 So. 2d 965
Marshall County Board of Education v. State Tenure Commission · 50 Ala. App. 427
Board of Education v. Dresden Swan · 41 Cal. 2d 546
Francisco v. Board of Directors of Bellevue Public Schools, District No. 405 · 537 P.2d 789
Finch v. State · 124 So. 2d 825
Belcher v. Jefferson County Bd. of Educ. · 474 So. 2d 1063
Tucker v. Board of Education · 177 Conn. 572
Pike v. Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co. · 81 So. 2d 254
Webster v. Byrd · 494 So. 2d 31
Ex Parte Darnell · 76 So. 2d 770
Ex Parte Hayes · 405 So. 2d 366
Ex Parte Alabama State Tenure Com'n · 555 So. 2d 1071
State Ex Rel. Beam v. Fulwiler · 456 P.2d 322
Foster v. BLOUNT CTY. BD. OF EDUCATION · 340 So. 2d 751
Reis v. Campbell County Board of Education · 938 S.W.2d 880
Ex Parte Personnel Bd. of Jefferson County · 440 So. 2d 1106
Lamar County Board of Education v. Steedley · 236 So. 2d 337
Alabama Bd. of Nursing v. Williams · 941 So. 2d 990
Williams v. Board of Education of Lamar County · 82 So. 2d 549

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