Carson v. Facilities Development Co.

Decided September 13, 1984. Rose Elizabeth Bird wrote the opinion for the court.

686 P.2d 656 · Cited 181 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.

• Miller v. Los Angeles County Flood Control District · 505 P.2d 193
• Lawless v. Calaway · 24 Cal. 2d 81
• Mark v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. · 496 P.2d 1276
• Campbell v. General Motors Corp. · 649 P.2d 224
• Bakity v. County of Riverside · 12 Cal. App. 3d 24
• Elmore v. American Motors Corp. · 70 Cal. 2d 578
• Ewing v. Cloverleaf Bowl · 572 P.2d 1155
• People v. Williams · 531 P.2d 778
• State of California v. Superior Court · 263 Cal. App. 2d 396
• People v. Green · 27 Cal. 3d 1
• People v. Cole · 47 Cal. 2d 99
• Kopfinger v. Grand Central Public Market · 60 Cal. 2d 852
• Eastlick v. City of Los Angeles · 29 Cal. 2d 661
• Rosenberg v. Wittenborn · 178 Cal. App. 2d 846
• Straughter v. State of California · 89 Cal. App. 3d 102
• Erfurt v. State of California · 141 Cal. App. 3d 837
• Estate of Lances · 14 P.2d 768
• De La Rosa v. City of San Bernardino · 16 Cal. App. 3d 739
• Hughes v. Oreb · 36 Cal. 2d 854
• Gibson v. Garcia · 96 Cal. App. 2d 681
• Ulwelling v. Crown Coach Corp. · 206 Cal. App. 2d 96
• Truman v. Vargas · 275 Cal. App. 2d 976
• People v. Allen · 65 Cal. App. 3d 426
• Briggs v. State of California · 14 Cal. App. 3d 489
• Mason v. Peaslee · 173 Cal. App. 2d 587

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