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Johnson v Williams (Attorney-General)

[1999] FCA 586

Federal Court of Australia · 7 May 1999 · Official judgment

Cited by 3 indexed judgments

All Applied or followed 1 Cited 2

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  1. Peniche v Hannan [1999] FCA 915 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 4× · judgment
  2. Peniche v Vanstone [1999] FCA 916 Applied or followed Federal Court of Australia · cited 3× · judgment
  3. Oates v Attorney-General for the Commonwealth of Australia [2001] FCA 84 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 18× · judgment

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Authorities cited (15)

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  1. Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corporation [1947] EWCA Civ 1 Cited cited 715×
  2. Ex parte Northern Land Council (1980-1981) 151 CLR 170 Cited cited 2×
  3. Lamb v Moss (1983) 49 ALR 533 Applied or followed cited 50×
  4. Hunter Valley Developments Pty Ltd v Cohen (1984) 3 FCR 344 Applied or followed cited 802×
  5. Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd (1985-1986) 162 CLR 25 Cited cited 10×
  6. Prasad v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs [1985] FCA 47 Cited cited 27×
  7. Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd [1986] HCA 40 Applied or followed cited 2,191×
  8. Newby v Moodie (1988) 83 ALR 523 Applied or followed cited 16×
  9. Yates v Wilson [1989] HCA 68 Applied or followed cited 27×
  10. Dietrich v The Queen [1992] 177 CLR 292 Cited
  11. Beach Petroleum NL v Johnson (1993) 114 ALR 411 Cited
  12. Beach Petroleum NL v Johnson [1993] FCA 283 Cited cited 28×
  13. Harris v Attorney-General (Cth) (1994) 52 FCR 386 Applied or followed cited 75×
  14. (1998) 4 All ER 635 Applied or followed
  15. Attorney-General v Foster (1999) 161 ALR 233 Cited
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