State Supreme Court / La.

Summerell v. Phillips

Decided May 4, 1971. Joe W. Sanders wrote the opinion for the court.

247 So. 2d 542 · Cited 87 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.

State Ex Rel. Hutton v. City of Baton Rouge · 47 So. 2d 665
State Ex Rel. Fitzmaurice v. Clay · 23 So. 2d 177
Carter v. City of Bluefield · 54 S.E.2d 747
State v. Gatlin · 129 So. 2d 4
Dore v. Tugwell · 84 So. 2d 199
Smith v. Flournoy · 115 So. 2d 809
Herbert v. Travelers Indemnity Co. · 232 So. 2d 463
Meyer v. Board of Trustees of Firemen's Pension & Relief Fund for City of New Orleans · 6 So. 2d 713
People Ex Rel. Scott v. Kerner · 208 N.E.2d 561
Ricks v. Close · 9 So. 2d 534
State Ex Rel. McAvoy v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners · 115 So. 2d 833
State v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. · 183 So. 219
Stovall v. City of Monroe · 5 So. 2d 547
Long v. Northeast Soil Conservation District of La. · 77 So. 2d 408
Bradford v. Department of Hospitals · 233 So. 2d 553
Southern Enterprises, Inc. v. Foster · 13 So. 2d 491
Bussie v. Long · 243 So. 2d 776
State Ex Rel. Shepard v. Mechem · 250 P.2d 897
Creel v. Creel · 49 So. 2d 617
City of New Orleans v. Leeco, Inc. · 53 So. 2d 490
Galiano v. Galiano · 34 So. 2d 881
Roy O. Martin Lumber Co. v. Hodge-Hunt Lumber Co. · 181 So. 865
Harris v. Monroe Building & Loan Ass'n · 169 So. 343
City of New Orleans v. Plotkin · 17 So. 2d 719
Summerell v. Phillips · 238 So. 2d 786

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