Bowland v. Municipal Court

Decided December 6, 1976. Frank K. Richardson wrote the opinion for the court.

556 P.2d 1081 · Cited 185 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.

• People v. Barksdale · 503 P.2d 257
• People v. Navarro · 497 P.2d 481
• Crees v. California State Board of Medical Examiners · 213 Cal. App. 2d 195
• Meyer v. Nebraska · 262 U.S. 390
• Keeler v. Superior Court · 470 P.2d 617
• Connally v. General Construction Co. · 269 U.S. 385
• Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville · 405 U.S. 156
• People v. Gilbert · 462 P.2d 580
• Merrill v. Department of Motor Vehicles · 71 Cal. 2d 907
• Fort v. Civil Service Commission · 61 Cal. 2d 331
• In Re Cregler · 56 Cal. 2d 308
• People v. Belous · 458 P.2d 194
• County of Nevada v. MacMillen · 522 P.2d 1345
• Walsh v. Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control · 59 Cal. 2d 757
• Clements v. T. R. Bechtel Co. · 43 Cal. 2d 227
• People v. Bernhardt · 222 Cal. App. 2d 567
• Gonzales v. Superior Court · 3 Cal. 2d 260
• Cerra v. East Stroudsburg Area School District · 450 Pa. 207
• Katzev v. County of Los Angeles · 52 Cal. 2d 360
• People v. Kirk · 49 Cal. App. 3d 765
• People v. Anderson · 29 Cal. App. 3d 551
• Ratner v. Municipal Court · 256 Cal. App. 2d 925
• People v. Cosper · 245 P. 466
• Select Base Materials, Inc. v. Board of Equalization · 51 Cal. 2d 640
• Banti v. State · 289 S.W.2d 244

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• People v. Jihan · 537 N.E.2d 751
• People v. Ballard · 203 Cal. App. 3d 311
• Northrup v. Superior Court · 192 Cal. App. 3d 276
• Brooks v. County of Santa Clara · 191 Cal. App. 3d 750
• People v. Johnson · 59 Cal. Rptr. 3d 405
• People v. Superior Court (Douglass) · 595 P.2d 139
• People v. Mitchell · 30 Cal. App. 4th 783
• In Re Carr · 77 Cal. Rptr. 2d 500
• People v. Katrinak · 136 Cal. App. 3d 145
• People Ex Rel. San Francisco Bay Conservation & Development Commisson v. Smith · 26 Cal. App. 4th 113
• Leigh v. Board of Registration in Nursing · 506 N.E.2d 91
• Consumer Watchdog v. Department of Managed Health Care · 225 Cal. App. 4th 862
• People v. Superior Court (Holvey) · 205 Cal. App. 3d 51
• People v. Tho Ngoc Nguyen · 161 Cal. App. 3d 687
• Charmac, Inc. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 233 Cal. App. 3d 660
• People v. Anderson · 742 P.2d 1306
• Amador Valley Joint Union High School District v. State Board of Equalization · 22 Cal. 3d 208
• People v. Melton · 750 P.2d 741
• Dix v. Superior Court · 807 P.2d 1063
• Hale v. Morgan · 584 P.2d 512
• People v. Murphy · 19 P.3d 1129
• People v. Memro · 700 P.2d 446
• People v. Avery · 38 P.3d 1

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