State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

City & County of San Francisco v. Western Air Lines, Inc.

Decided May 28, 1962. Raymond L. Sullivan wrote the opinion for the court.

204 Cal. App. 2d 105 · 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.

Larsen v. City & County of San Francisco · 152 Cal. App. 2d 355
Durant v. City of Beverly Hills · 39 Cal. App. 2d 133
Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. Associated Press · 127 N.E. 256
Richfield Oil Corp. v. Public Utilities Commission · 54 Cal. 2d 419
Live Oak Water Users' Ass'n v. Railroad Commission · 269 U.S. 354
Live Oak Water Users' Ass'n v. Railroad Commission · 219 P. 65
Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Call Publishing Co. · 181 U.S. 92
Allen v. Railroad Commission · 175 P. 466
Rupp v. Summerfield · 161 Cal. App. 2d 657
Allen v. Hussey · 101 Cal. App. 2d 457
Texas & NOR Co. v. Brotherhood of Ry. & Steamship Clerks · 281 U.S. 548
Terminal Taxicab Co. v. Kutz · 241 U.S. 252
Interstate Commerce Commission v. United States Ex Rel. Campbell · 289 U.S. 385
Bringle v. Board of Supervisors · 351 P.2d 765
Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority v. Public Utilities Commission · 52 Cal. 2d 655
Cowden v. Pacific Coast Steamship Co. · 94 Cal. 470
Hobby v. City of Sonora · 142 Cal. App. 2d 457
Pajaro Valley Cold Storage Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 54 Cal. 2d 256
Coleman v. City of Oakland · 295 P. 59
City of National City v. Fritz · 33 Cal. 2d 635
Ex Parte Houston · 224 P.2d 281
Town of Ukiah City v. Ukiah Water & Improvement Co. · 75 P. 773
Le Ballister v. Redwood Theatres, Inc. · 1 Cal. App. 2d 447
State ex rel. City of Lincoln v. Johnson · 117 Neb. 301
Miller v. Planning Commission · 138 Cal. App. 2d 598

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Zigas v. Superior Court · 120 Cal. App. 3d 827
Elliott v. City of Pacific Grove · 54 Cal. App. 3d 53
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Louisiana-Pacific Corp. v. Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District · 137 Cal. App. 3d 152
Ratkovich v. City of San Bruno · 245 Cal. App. 2d 870
Sutter v. Gamel · 210 Cal. App. 2d 529
Kalmanovitz v. Bitting · 43 Cal. App. 4th 311
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