City of Oakland v. Oakland Water Front Co.

Decided September 13, 1897. Thomas B. McFarland wrote the opinion for the court.

118 Cal. 160 · Cited 74 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.

• City of Oakland v. Carpentier · 13 Cal. 540
• Weber v. Board of Harbor Commissioners · 85 U.S. 57
• Cox v. Hart · 145 U.S. 376
• City of Oakland v. Carpentier · 21 Cal. 642

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• Mallon v. City of Long Beach · 44 Cal. 2d 199
• City of Berkeley v. Superior Court · 606 P.2d 362
• Boone v. Kingsbury · 273 P. 797
• County of Orange v. Heim · 30 Cal. App. 3d 694
• City of Oakland v. Hogan · 41 Cal. App. 2d 333
• City of Oakland v. Buteau · 179 P. 170
• City of Alameda v. City of Oakland · 246 P. 69
• Boone v. Kingsbury · 206 Cal. 148
• People v. California Fish Co. · 138 P. 79
• Nollan v. California Coastal Commission · 483 U.S. 825
• Borax Consolidated, Ltd. v. Los Angeles · 296 U.S. 10
• Marks v. Whitney · 491 P.2d 374
• Red Mountain, LLC v. Fallbrook Public Utility District · 48 Cal. Rptr. 3d 875
• People v. Garcia · 141 P.3d 197
• Housing Authority v. Superior Court · 35 Cal. 2d 550
• Kemp Bros. Construction v. Titan Electric Corp. · 53 Cal. Rptr. 3d 673
• Ivanhoe Irrigation District v. All Parties & Persons · 306 P.2d 824
• Olwell v. W. L. Hopkins · 28 Cal. 2d 147
• People Ex Rel. State Bd. of Harbor Comm'rs v. Kerber · 93 P. 878
• State, Department of Natural Resources v. City of Haines · 627 P.2d 1047
• Campanella v. Campanella · 269 P. 433
• State of California v. Superior Court (Lyon) · 625 P.2d 239
• People v. Chambers · 37 Cal. 2d 552
• Atwood v. Hammond · 4 Cal. 2d 31
• Henry Dalton & Sons Co. v. City of Oakland · 143 P. 721

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