Allen v. Railroad Commission

Decided October 1, 1918. Lucien Shaw wrote the opinion for the court.

175 P. 466 · Cited 90 times

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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.

• Del Mar Water, Light & Power Co. v. Eshleman · 140 P. 591
• Copeland v. Fairview Land & Water Co. & Lake Hemet Water Co. · 131 P. 119
• Palermo L. W. Co. v. Railroad Commission · 160 P. 228
• Stanislaus Water Co. v. Bachman · 93 P. 858
• Limoneira Co. v. Railroad Commission · 162 P. 1033
• Crowley v. Christensen · 137 U.S. 86
• Beer Co. v. Massachusetts · 97 U.S. 25
• Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. City of Goldsboro · 232 U.S. 548
• New York & New England Railroad v. Bristol · 151 U.S. 556
• Marin Water & Power Co. v. Railroad Commission · 154 P. 864
• Pinney & Boyle Co. v. Los Angeles Gas & Electric Corp. · 141 P. 620
• Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. v. R.R. Comm'n · 160 P. 828
• Southern Pacific Co. v. Spring Valley Water Co. · 159 P. 865
• Marin Water & Power Co. v. Town of Sausalito · 143 P. 767
• Western Ass'n of Short Line R.R. v. R.R. Comm'n · 162 P. 391
• Franscioni v. Soledad Land & Water Co. · 149 P. 161
• Byington v. Sacramento Valley West Side Canal Co. · 148 P. 791
• Title G. Etc. Co. v. Railroad Commission · 142 P. 878
• Pacific Telephone Etc. Co. v. Eshleman · 137 P. 1119
• Leavitt v. Lassen Irrigation Co. · 106 P. 404
• French v. McCarthy · 125 Cal. 508

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• Rank v. (Krug) United States · 142 F. Supp. 1
• Newell v. Redondo Water Co. · 202 P. 914
• Stratton v. Railroad Commission · 198 P. 1051
• California State Automobile Ass'n Inter-Insurance Bureau v. Downey · 96 Cal. App. 2d 876
• CAL. STATE AUTO. ASSN. ETC. v. Downey · 216 P.2d 882
• City & County of San Francisco v. Western Air Lines, Inc. · 204 Cal. App. 2d 105
• Western Colorado Power Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 411 P.2d 785
• Clark v. Olson · 31 P.2d 534
• Henck v. Lake Hemet Water Co. · 9 Cal. 2d 136
• Rural Electric Co. v. State Board of Equalization · 120 P.2d 741
• Commercial Communications, Inc. v. Public Utilities Commission · 50 Cal. 2d 512
• Stoehr v. Natatorium Co. · 34 Idaho 217
• Williamson v. Railroad Commission · 222 P. 803
• City of St. Helena v. Public Utilities Commission · 14 Cal. Rptr. 3d 713
• Wood v. Public Utilities Commission · 481 P.2d 823
• Greyhound Lines, Inc. v. Public Utilities Commission · 68 Cal. 2d 406
• Wilhite v. Public Service Commission · 149 S.E.2d 273
• Trask v. Moore · 24 Cal. 2d 365
• California Water & Telephone Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 51 Cal. 2d 478
• Richfield Oil Corp. v. Public Utilities Commission · 54 Cal. 2d 419
• Alabama Power Co. v. Cullman County Electric Membership Corp. · 174 So. 866
• Lamb v. California Water & Telephone Co. · 21 Cal. 2d 33
• City of San Leandro v. Railroad Commission · 191 P. 1
• Independent Laundry v. Railroad Com. · 70 Cal. App. 2d 816
• McCullagh v. Railroad Commission · 210 P. 264

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