Hamilton v. Walker County.’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
October 2009
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 460 So. 2d 1219 - Alabama Farm Bureau Mut. v. City of Hartselle · 470 So. 2d 1211 - Gulf Coast Media v. Mobile Press · Mitchell v. State Child Abuse & Neglect Prevention Board
Most-quoted passages
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“natural, plain, ordinary, and commonly understood meaning”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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