Steven Waters v. Reagan Farr, Commissioner of Revenue for the State of Tennessee

Decided July 24, 2009. Gary R. Wade wrote the opinion for the court.

291 S.W.3d 873 · Cited 246 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.

• Marchetti v. United States · 390 U.S. 39
• State v. Hall · 557 N.W.2d 778
• Tobe v. City of Santa Ana · 892 P.2d 1145
• McKesson Corp. v. Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, Fla. Dept. of Business Regulation · 496 U.S. 18
• Napleton v. Village of Hinsdale · 891 N.E.2d 839
• Covelli v. Commissioner of Revenue Services · 235 Conn. 539
• State v. Smith · 813 P.2d 888
• Sisson v. Triplett · 428 N.W.2d 565
• State v. Gulledge · 257 Kan. 915
• International Harvester Company v. Carr · 466 S.W.2d 207
• Corn v. Fort · 95 S.W.2d 620
• Perry v. Lawrence County Election Commission · 411 S.W.2d 538
• State v. Stubblefield · 543 N.W.2d 743
• Commissioner of Revenue v. Mullins · 428 Mass. 406
• National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. · 301 U.S. 1
• Helvering v. Mitchell · 303 U.S. 391
• United States v. Sullivan · 274 U.S. 259
• Owens v. State · 908 S.W.2d 923
• Liverpool, New York & Philadelphia Steamship Co. v. Commissioners of Emigration · 113 U.S. 33
• Moore v. Illinois · 55 U.S. 13
• Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. O'Connor · 223 U.S. 280
• United States v. Doremus · 249 U.S. 86
• United States v. Sanchez · 340 U.S. 42
• Gallaher v. Elam · 104 S.W.3d 455
• Lynch v. City of Jellico · 205 S.W.3d 384

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