City of Santa Cruz v. Municipal Court

Decided July 27, 1989. Malcolm Millar Lucas wrote the opinion for the court.

776 P.2d 222 · Cited 218 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.

• Pitchess v. Superior Court · 522 P.2d 305
• People v. Memro · 700 P.2d 446
• City of Santa Cruz v. Superior Court · 190 Cal. App. 3d 1669
• Jalilie v. Superior Court · 195 Cal. App. 3d 487
• Cabell v. Valerie E. · 50 Cal. App. 3d 213
• Star Motor Imports, Inc. v. Superior Court · 88 Cal. App. 3d 201
• Craig v. Municipal Court · 100 Cal. App. 3d 69
• Committee of Seven Thousand v. Superior Court · 754 P.2d 708
• Hill v. Superior Court · 518 P.2d 1353
• Young v. Haines · 718 P.2d 909
• People v. Cooper · 349 P.2d 964
• Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego · 649 P.2d 902
• People v. Smith · 553 P.2d 557
• Brown v. Happy Valley Fruit Growers, Inc. · 274 P. 977
• Arcelona v. Municipal Court · 113 Cal. App. 3d 523
• People v. Chapman · 52 Cal. 2d 95
• McLellan v. McLellan · 23 Cal. App. 3d 343
• Cash v. Superior Court · 53 Cal. 2d 72
• LARRY E. v. Superior Court · 194 Cal. App. 3d 25
• People v. Magana · 95 Cal. App. 3d 453
• Blackman v. MacCoy · 338 P.2d 234
• Carruthers v. Municipal Court · 110 Cal. App. 3d 439

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• Alford v. Superior Court · 107 Cal. Rptr. 2d 245
• Warrick v. Superior Court · 112 P.3d 2
• Fletcher v. Superior Court · 123 Cal. Rptr. 2d 99
• City of Los Angeles v. Superior Court · 52 P.3d 129
• Alford v. Superior Court · 63 P.3d 228
• Warrick v. Superior Court · 132 Cal. Rptr. 2d 810
• People v. Luttenberger · 784 P.2d 633
• Abatti v. Superior Court · 4 Cal. Rptr. 3d 767
• Brant v. Superior Court · 132 Cal. Rptr. 2d 783
• City of Los Angeles v. Superior Court · 101 Cal. Rptr. 2d 156
• Garcia v. Superior Court · 163 P.3d 939
• City of San Jose v. Superior Court · 79 Cal. Rptr. 2d 624
• Alt v. Superior Court · 88 Cal. Rptr. 2d 530
• People v. Mooc · 36 P.3d 21
• Riverside County Sheriff's Department v. Stiglitz · 60 Cal. 4th 624
• People v. Super. Ct. (Johnson) · 61 Cal. 4th 696
• California Highway Patrol v. Superior Court · 101 Cal. Rptr. 2d 379
• People v. Hustead · 87 Cal. Rptr. 2d 875
• City of Hemet v. Superior Court · 37 Cal. App. 4th 1411
• Brown v. Valverde · 183 Cal. App. 4th 1531
• People v. Gutierrez · 112 Cal. App. 4th 1463
• Chambers v. Appellate Division of the Superior Court · 170 P.3d 617
• Michael v. Gates · 38 Cal. App. 4th 737
• Roddy v. Superior Court · 60 Cal. Rptr. 3d 307
• City of San Jose v. Superior Court · 850 P.2d 621

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