Cedars of Lebanon Hospital v. County of Los Angeles

Decided August 18, 1950. Homer R. Spence wrote the opinion for the court.

221 P.2d 31 · Cited 147 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.

• Cypress Lawn Cemetery Ass'n v. City & County of San Francisco · 295 P. 813
• Calais Hospital v. City of Calais · 138 Me. 234
• Southern California Telephone Co. v. County of Los Angeles · 298 P. 9
• McGlone v. First Baptist Church · 50 P.2d 547
• El Jebel Shrine Ass'n v. McGlone · 26 P.2d 108
• Lutheran Hospital Society v. County of Los Angeles · 25 Cal. 2d 254
• Trustees of Property of Protestant Episcopal Church v. State Tax Commission · 48 P.2d 786
• Los Angeles County Flood Control District v. Hamilton · 169 P. 1028
• Chesebro v. Los Angeles County Flood Control District · 306 U.S. 459
• Village of Hibbing v. Commissioner of Taxation · 14 N.W.2d 923
• Hollywood Cemetery Assn. v. Powell · 291 P. 397
• Los Angeles Railway Corp. v. Flood Control District · 248 P. 532
• In Re Nowak · 195 P. 402
• City & County of San Francisco v. County of San Mateo · 17 Cal. 2d 814
• City of Long Beach v. Payne · 3 Cal. 2d 184
• City of Inglewood v. County of Los Angeles · 280 P. 360
• Watchtower Bible & Tract Society, Inc. v. County of Los Angeles · 30 Cal. 2d 426
• Missouri Goodwill Industries v. Gruner · 210 S.W.2d 38
• Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance v. State Board of Equalization · 73 Cal. App. 2d 548
• Santa Fe Lodge No. 460 v. Employment Security Commission · 159 P.2d 312
• Aultman Hospital Ass'n v. Evatt · 42 N.E.2d 646
• Los Angeles County Flood Control District v. Wright · 2 P.2d 168
• San Gabriel Cemetery Ass'n v. County of Los Angeles · 49 Cal. App. 2d 624
• Osteopathic Hospital v. City of Portland · 139 Me. 24
• City of Los Angeles v. Los Angeles County Flood Control District · 11 Cal. 2d 395

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• Good Shepherd Lutheran Home v. State Board of Equalization · 139 Cal. App. 3d 876
• Young Men's Christian Ass'n v. County of Los Angeles · 35 Cal. 2d 760
• South Iowa Methodist Homes, Inc. v. Board of Review · 136 N.W.2d 488
• Fairman v. League of Women Voters of United States · 179 Cal. App. 2d 535
• Connolly v. County of Orange · 824 P.2d 1105
• English v. County of Alameda · 70 Cal. App. 3d 226
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• Santa Catalina Island Conservancy v. County of Los Angeles · 126 Cal. App. 3d 221
• Pasadena Hospital Ass'n v. County of Los Angeles · 35 Cal. 2d 779
• Hospital Service of California v. City of Oakland · 25 Cal. App. 3d 402
• Greek Theatre Assn. v. County of Los Angeles · 76 Cal. App. 3d 768
• Maxwell v. Good Samaritan Hospital Ass'n · 161 So. 2d 31
• Board of Trustees v. County of Santa Clara · 86 Cal. App. 3d 79
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