State Supreme Court / Ala.

Thornton v. City of Birmingham

Decided May 27, 1948. Robert Tennent Simpson Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

35 So. 2d 545 · Cited 62 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.

Alabama Power Co. v. Berry · 130 So. 541
Sharp v. United States · 191 U.S. 341
Housing Authority v. Title Guarantee Loan & Trust Co. · 8 So. 2d 835
Albert Hanson Lumber Co. v. United States · 261 U.S. 581
Yarbrough v. Mallory · 144 So. 447
F. W. Woolworth Co. v. Erickson · 127 So. 534
Birmingham Electric Co. v. Howard · 34 So. 2d 830
Dean v. County Board of Education · 97 So. 741
Alabama Power Co. v. Herzfeld · 114 So. 49
Alabama Gas Co. v. Jones · 13 So. 2d 873
Rothenberger Et Ux. v. Reading City · 146 A. 104
Ex Parte McLendon · 195 So. 733
Ladd v. Ladd · 121 Ala. 583
Southern Life Health Ins. Co. v. Williams · 163 So. 321
Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad v. State · 141 Ala. 103
United States v. a Certain Tract or Parcel of Land · 47 F. Supp. 30

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State v. Goodwyn · 133 So. 2d 375
Housing Authority v. Decatur Land Co. · 258 Ala. 607
Morgan County v. Hill · 257 Ala. 658
City of Tulsa v. Biles · 360 P.2d 723
State v. Farabee · 108 So. 2d 148
Alabama Power Co. v. Hamilton · 342 So. 2d 8
Etowah County v. Clubview Heights Company · 102 So. 2d 9
State v. Ryan · 281 Ala. 444
Hunter Ready Mix Concrete Co. v. State · 592 So. 2d 571
Southern Electric Generating Co. v. Leibacher · 110 So. 2d 308
North Carolina State Highway Commission v. Helderman · 207 S.E.2d 720
Southern Electric Generating Company v. Lance · 110 So. 2d 627
Blount County v. McPherson · 105 So. 2d 117
Iske v. Metropolitan Utilities District of Omaha · 157 N.W.2d 887
Pappas v. Alabama Power Company · 119 So. 2d 899
McLemore v. Alabama Power Company · 228 So. 2d 780
Epstein v. City and County of Denver · 293 P.2d 308
Hogan v. Alabama Power Co. · 351 So. 2d 1378
Knabe v. State · 231 So. 2d 887
Rubin Bros. Butter & Egg Co. v. Larson · 63 N.W.2d 908
State v. Walker · 200 So. 2d 482
W. T. Smith Lumber Co. v. McKenzie · 55 So. 2d 919
Dorroh v. Jefferson County · 87 So. 2d 619
Beasley v. Beasley · 256 Ala. 647
Gordon v. State · 273 Ala. 213

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