Chavez v. City of Los Angeles

Decided January 14, 2010. Joyce L. Kennard wrote the opinion for the court.

224 P.3d 41 · Cited 460 times

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• Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · 434 U.S. 412
• Hassan v. Mercy American River Hospital · 74 P.3d 726
• Cummings v. Benco Building Services · 11 Cal. App. 4th 1383
• KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc. · 550 U.S. 398
• Ketchum v. Moses · 17 P.3d 735
• Serrano v. Priest · 569 P.2d 1303
• Serrano v. Unruh · 652 P.2d 985
• Graham v. DaimlerChrysler Corp. · 101 P.3d 140
• Stevenson v. Superior Court · 16 Cal. 4th 880
• Press v. Lucky Stores, Inc. · 667 P.2d 704
• Campbell v. Regents of University of California · 106 P.3d 976
• State Department of Health Services v. Superior Court · 79 P.3d 556
• Coachella Valley Mosquito & Vector Control District v. California Public Employment Relations Board · 112 P.3d 623
• Flannery v. Prentice · 28 P.3d 860
• Pacific Lumber Co. v. State Water Resources Control Board · 126 P.3d 1040
• Weeks v. Baker & McKenzie · 74 Cal. Rptr. 2d 510
• Tipton-Whittingham v. City of Los Angeles · 101 P.3d 174
• County of San Bernardino v. City of San Bernardino · 15 Cal. 4th 909
• Young v. Exxon Mobil Corp. · 168 Cal. App. 4th 1467
• Young v. General Telephone Co. · 75 Cal. App. 3d 177
• Flannery v. California Highway Patrol · 61 Cal. App. 4th 629
• Wysinger v. AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF SO. CALIF. · 69 Cal. Rptr. 3d 1
• Sokolow v. County of San Mateo · 213 Cal. App. 3d 231
• Rosenman v. Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro · 110 Cal. Rptr. 2d 903

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