State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

Choate v. County of Orange

Decided January 17, 2001. Thomas Fulton Crosby Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

103 Cal. Rptr. 2d 339 · Cited 52 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.

Carey v. Piphus · 435 U.S. 247
Collins v. City of Harker Heights · 503 U.S. 115
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center v. Superior Court · 954 P.2d 511
Del Rio v. Jetton · 55 Cal. App. 4th 30
Agnew v. Parks · 172 Cal. App. 2d 756
Staples v. Hoefke · 189 Cal. App. 3d 1397
Randles v. Lowry · 4 Cal. App. 3d 68
County of Los Angeles v. Superior Court · 80 Cal. Rptr. 2d 860
Perez v. City of Huntington Park · 7 Cal. App. 4th 817
Garcia v. Superior Court · 42 Cal. App. 4th 177
Sill Properties, Inc. v. Cmag, Inc. · 219 Cal. App. 2d 42
Engel v. Worthington · 60 Cal. App. 4th 628
Abbott v. Taz Express · 67 Cal. App. 4th 853
Adams v. Rivera · 13 F. Supp. 2d 550
Sintra, Inc. v. City of Seattle · 935 P.2d 555
Sintra, Inc. v. City of Seattle · 131 Wash. 2d 640
National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights Ex Rel. Perez v. City of New York · 75 F. Supp. 2d 154
Sanchez v. City of Riverside · 596 F. Supp. 193
TCI of Illinois, Inc. v. Carpenter · 849 F. Supp. 326
Feist v. Simonson · 36 F. Supp. 2d 1136

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Harman v. City and County of San Francisco · 39 Cal. Rptr. 3d 589
Levy v. City of Santa Monica · 8 Cal. Rptr. 3d 507
James v. St. of CA · 229 Cal. App. 4th 130
Pipefitters Local No. 636 Defined Benefit Plan v. Oakley, Inc. · 180 Cal. App. 4th 1542
Parker v. Banner · 479 F. Supp. 2d 827
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