Addison v. State of California

Decided May 25, 1978. Frank K. Richardson wrote the opinion for the court.

578 P.2d 941 · Cited 355 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.

• Elkins v. Derby · 525 P.2d 81
• Williams v. Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority · 68 Cal. 2d 599
• Bollinger v. National Fire Insurance · 25 Cal. 2d 399
• Chase v. State of California · 67 Cal. App. 3d 808
• Order of Railroad Telegraphers v. Railway Express Agency, Inc. · 321 U.S. 342
• Friends of Mammoth v. Board of Supervisors · 502 P.2d 1049
• City of Long Beach v. Mansell · 476 P.2d 423
• Driscoll v. City of Los Angeles · 67 Cal. 2d 297
• Dillon v. Board of Pension Commissioners · 18 Cal. 2d 427
• Wood v. Elling Corp. · 572 P.2d 755
• Lerner v. Los Angeles City Board of Education · 59 Cal. 2d 382
• Campbell v. Graham-Armstrong · 509 P.2d 689
• Tu-Vu Drive-In Corp. v. Davies · 66 Cal. 2d 435
• Myers v. County of Orange · 6 Cal. App. 3d 626
• Chas. L. Harney, Inc. v. State of California · 217 Cal. App. 2d 77
• County of Santa Clara v. Hayes Co. · 43 Cal. 2d 615
• Schneider v. Schimmels · 256 Cal. App. 2d 366
• Anderson v. City of Los Angeles · 30 Cal. App. 3d 219
• Mize v. Reserve Life Insurance · 48 Cal. App. 3d 487
• Rumberg v. Weber Aircraft Corp. · 424 F. Supp. 294

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• Bonifield v. County of Nevada · 114 Cal. Rptr. 2d 207
• Garabedian v. Skochko · 232 Cal. App. 3d 836
• Long v. Forty Niners Football Co. · 244 Cal. Rptr. 3d 887
• McDonald v. ANTELOPE VALLEY COLLEGE DIST. · 61 Cal. Rptr. 3d 62
• California Standardbred Sires Stakes Committee, Inc. v. California Horse Racing Board · 231 Cal. App. 3d 751
• Mercury Casualty Co. v. State Board of Equalization · 179 Cal. App. 3d 34
• Lantzy v. Centex Homes · 31 Cal. 4th 363
• Electronic Equipment Express, Inc. v. Donald H. Seiler & Co. · 122 Cal. App. 3d 834
• Stalberg v. Western Title Insurance · 27 Cal. App. 4th 925
• Bjorndal v. Superior Court · 211 Cal. App. 4th 1100
• Dowell v. County of Contra Costa · 173 Cal. App. 3d 896
• Stone v. City and County of San Francisco · 735 F. Supp. 340
• Structural Steel Fabricators, Inc. v. City of Orange · 40 Cal. App. 4th 459
• Okonko v. Union Oil Co. of California · 519 F. Supp. 372
• Collier v. City of Pasadena · 142 Cal. App. 3d 917
• Downs v. DEPT. OF WATER & POWER OF CITY OF LOS ANGELES · 58 Cal. App. 4th 1093
• C & W Construction Co. v. Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners, Local 745 · 687 F. Supp. 1453
• Reid v. Cuprum SA, De C.U. · 2000 ND 108
• Ricotta v. State of California · 4 F. Supp. 2d 961
• Harris v. Grimes · 104 Cal. App. 4th 180
• Edgington v. County of San Diego · 118 Cal. App. 3d 39
• Mitchell v. Frank R. Howard Memorial Hospital · 6 Cal. App. 4th 1396

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