Bishop v. City of San Jose

Decided October 30, 1969. Louis H. Burke wrote the opinion for the court.

460 P.2d 137 · Cited 203 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.

• In Re Hubbard · 62 Cal. 2d 119
• Abbott v. City of Los Angeles · 53 Cal. 2d 674
• Professional Fire Fighters, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles · 384 P.2d 158
• Ex Parte Daniels · 192 P. 442
• Galvan v. Superior Court · 70 Cal. 2d 851
• Pipoly v. Benson · 20 Cal. 2d 366
• City of Pasadena v. Charleville · 10 P.2d 745
• Wilson v. Beville · 47 Cal. 2d 852
• City of Redwood City v. Moore · 231 Cal. App. 2d 563
• West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish · 300 U.S. 379
• Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. City & County of San Francisco · 51 Cal. 2d 766
• Beckwith v. County of Stanislaus · 175 Cal. App. 2d 40
• Kusior v. Silver · 54 Cal. 2d 603
• Eastlick v. City of Los Angeles · 29 Cal. 2d 661
• Bellus v. City of Eureka · 69 Cal. 2d 336
• Alter v. Michael · 64 Cal. 2d 480
• Williams v. Industrial Accident Commission · 64 Cal. 2d 618
• Chavez v. Sargent · 52 Cal. 2d 162
• Natural Milk Producers Ass'n v. City & County of San Francisco · 20 Cal. 2d 101
• Agnew v. City of Los Angeles · 51 Cal. 2d 1
• Southern California Roads Co. v. McGuire · 2 Cal. 2d 115

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• District Election of Supervisors Committee v. O'Connor · 78 Cal. App. 3d 261
• Baggett v. Gates · 649 P.2d 874
• State Building & Construction Trades Council v. City of Vista · 54 Cal. 4th 547
• O. G. Sansone Co. v. Department of Transportation · 55 Cal. App. 3d 434
• County of Santa Barbara v. City of Santa Barbara · 59 Cal. App. 3d 364
• DeVita v. County of Napa · 889 P.2d 1019
• Johnson v. Bradley · 841 P.2d 990
• CEEED v. California Coastal Zone Conservation Commission · 43 Cal. App. 3d 306
• Sonoma County Organization of Public Employees v. County of Sonoma · 591 P.2d 1
• County of Riverside v. Superior Court · 66 P.3d 718
• Cox Cable San Diego, Inc. v. City of San Diego · 188 Cal. App. 3d 952
• Smith v. City of Riverside · 34 Cal. App. 3d 529
• City of Fresno v. Pinedale County Water District · 184 Cal. App. 3d 840
• State Building & Construction Trades Council of California v. City of Vista · 173 Cal. App. 4th 567
• Rivera v. City of Fresno · 490 P.2d 793
• Century Plaza Hotel Co. v. City of Los Angeles · 7 Cal. App. 3d 616
• County of Sacramento v. Fair Political Practices Commission · 222 Cal. App. 3d 687
• Codding Enterprises v. City of Merced · 42 Cal. App. 3d 375
• Committee of Seven Thousand v. Superior Court · 754 P.2d 708
• Amwest Surety Insurance v. Wilson · 906 P.2d 1112
• Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego · 610 P.2d 407
• San Francisco Labor Council v. Regents of University of California · 608 P.2d 277

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