State Supreme Court / Cal.

Benson v. City of Los Angeles

Decided August 27, 1963. Paul Peek wrote the opinion for the court.

60 Cal. 2d 355 · Cited 95 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.

Packer v. Board of Retirement · 35 Cal. 2d 212
French v. French · 17 Cal. 2d 775
Jorgensen v. Cranston · 211 Cal. App. 2d 292
Kern v. City of Long Beach · 29 Cal. 2d 848
Tyre v. Aetna Life Insurance · 353 P.2d 725
Sieroty v. Silver · 58 Cal. 2d 799
McWilliams v. Cranston · 211 Cal. App. 2d 852
Abbott v. City of Los Angeles · 50 Cal. 2d 438
Dillon v. Board of Pension Commissioners · 18 Cal. 2d 427
Los Angeles Dredging Co. v. City of Long Beach · 291 P. 839
Perkins v. Benguet Consolidated Mining Co. · 55 Cal. App. 2d 720
Henry v. City of Los Angeles · 201 Cal. App. 2d 299
Eaton v. City of Los Angeles · 201 Cal. App. 2d 326
Allen v. City of Long Beach · 45 Cal. 2d 128
Steen v. Board of Civil Service Commissioners · 26 Cal. 2d 716
Grimm v. Grimm · 26 Cal. 2d 173
Blethen v. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance · 243 P. 431
New York Life Insurance v. Bank of Italy · 214 P. 61
Sweesy v. Los Angeles County Peace Officers' Retirement Board · 17 Cal. 2d 356
Perry v. Magneson · 279 P. 650
Britton v. Hammell · 4 Cal. 2d 690
Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Blade · 139 Cal. App. 2d 580
England v. City of Long Beach · 27 Cal. 2d 343
Cheney v. City & County of San Francisco Employees Retirement System · 7 Cal. 2d 565
Jordan v. Retirement Board · 35 Cal. App. 2d 653

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Todd Shipyards Corp. v. City of Los Angeles · 130 Cal. App. 3d 222
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Cavitt v. City of Los Angeles · 251 Cal. App. 2d 623
Regents of University of Cal. v. Benford · 27 Cal. Rptr. 3d 441
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In Re Marriage of Freiberg · 57 Cal. App. 3d 304
In Re Marriage of O'Connell · 8 Cal. App. 4th 565
Willens v. Cory · 53 Cal. App. 3d 104
In Re Marriage of Fithian · 517 P.2d 449
Tripp v. Swoap · 552 P.2d 749
In Re Marriage of Andreen · 76 Cal. App. 3d 667
City of Los Angeles v. Industrial Accident Commission · 63 Cal. 2d 242

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