U.S. District Court / M.D. Louisiana

Wells v. Edwards

Decided August 16, 1972. Elmer Gordon West wrote the opinion for the court.

347 F. Supp. 453 · Cited 62 times

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Buchanan v. Rhodes · 249 F. Supp. 860
New York State Ass'n of Trial Lawyers v. Rockefeller · 267 F. Supp. 148

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Field v. Michigan · 255 F. Supp. 2d 708
Southern Christian Leadership Conference v. Siegelman · 714 F. Supp. 511
Clark v. Roemer · 777 F. Supp. 445
Eugster v. State · 259 P.3d 146
In re Objections to the Nomination Petition of Cavanaugh · 65 Pa. Commw. 620
White v. State of Ala. · 867 F. Supp. 1571
Carlson v. Wiggins · 760 F. Supp. 2d 811
People v. Norman · 538 P.2d 237
Blankenship v. Bartlett · 681 S.E.2d 759
Martin v. Mabus · 700 F. Supp. 327
Clark v. Edwards · 725 F. Supp. 285
Fahey v. Darigan · 405 F. Supp. 1386
Smith v. Boyle · 959 F. Supp. 982
Anthony v. Michigan · 35 F. Supp. 2d 989
Orloski v. Davis · 564 F. Supp. 526
Bates v. Edwards · 294 So. 2d 532
Eugster v. State · 171 Wash. 2d 839
Chisom v. Edwards · 690 F. Supp. 1524
Mallory v. State of Ohio · 38 F. Supp. 2d 525
Donahue v. Secretary of the Commonwealth · 403 Mass. 363
Blankenship v. Bartlett · 646 S.E.2d 584

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