State Supreme Court / Cal.

City of Salinas v. Souza & McCue Construction Co.

Decided March 21, 1967. Paul Peek wrote the opinion for the court.

66 Cal. 2d 217 · Cited 57 times

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Precedents cited

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.

United States v. Spearin · 248 U.S. 132
Souza & McCue Construction Co. v. Superior Court · 57 Cal. 2d 508
Anheuser-Busch, Inc. v. Starley · 28 Cal. 2d 347
Shearer v. Cooper · 21 Cal. 2d 695
Muskopf v. Corning Hospital District · 55 Cal. 2d 211
Christie v. United States · 237 U.S. 234
Luz v. Lopes · 55 Cal. 2d 54
Lineman v. Schmid · 32 Cal. 2d 204
A. Teichert & Son, Inc. v. State of Cal. · 238 Cal. App. 2d 736
Sanfran Co. v. Rees Blow Pipe Manufacturing Co. · 168 Cal. App. 2d 191
Gollaher v. Midwood Construction Co. · 194 Cal. App. 2d 640
Abbott v. City of Los Angeles · 50 Cal. 2d 438
Ash v. Mortensen · 24 Cal. 2d 654
Chelini v. Nieri · 32 Cal. 2d 480
Coughlin v. Blair · 262 P.2d 305
Laurenzi v. Vranizan · 25 Cal. 2d 806
Lemm v. Stillwater Land & Cattle Co. · 19 P.2d 785
Gogo v. Los Angeles County Flood Control District · 45 Cal. App. 2d 334
Valentini v. City of Adrian · 79 N.W.2d 885
Lewis v. County of Contra Costa · 130 Cal. App. 2d 176
Vineland Homes, Inc. v. Barish · 138 Cal. App. 2d 747
Warfield v. Richey · 167 Cal. App. 2d 93
Burke v. Chrostowski · 46 Cal. 2d 444
Waumbec Mills, Inc. v. Bahnson Service Co. · 103 N.H. 461
Elkind v. Woodward · 152 Cal. App. 2d 170

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