Smith v. State ex rel. Sullinger’s Empirical Analysis
1956
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
November 1979
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ex Parte Hill · Spruiell v. STANDFORD · 30 Ala. App. 334 - Lovett v. State · West v. State Ex Rel. Matthews · Campbell v. Sowell
Most-quoted passages
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““Padlocking, a severe remedy depriving one of the use of his property for lawful purposes, should be exercised only as a necessary measure to enforce the law. Where the party is shown by his conduct to be a persistent violator of the law, determined to evade it, padlocking is proper, but to be modified when it sufficiently appears the property will not be again employed in the conduct of a liquor nuisance.” [ 265 Ala. at 140 , 90 So.2d at 227 , quoting Garrett v. State ex rel. Matthews, 235 Ala. 457 , 179 So. 636 (1938).]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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