Clements v. T. R. Bechtel Co.

Decided July 9, 1954. Douglas L. Edmonds wrote the opinion for the court.

43 Cal. 2d 227 · Cited 148 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.

• People v. Weitzel · 255 P. 792
• Menzies v. Geophysical Service, Inc. · 116 Cal. App. 2d 419
• Whitley v. Superior Court · 18 Cal. 2d 75
• Rose v. State of California · 19 Cal. 2d 713
• People v. Moroney · 24 Cal. 2d 638
• Union League Club v. Johnson · 18 Cal. 2d 275
• Dempsey v. Market Street Railway Co. · 23 Cal. 2d 110
• Metropolitan Water District v. Adams · 32 Cal. 2d 620
• Simpson v. City of Los Angeles · 40 Cal. 2d 271
• Gage v. Jordan · 23 Cal. 2d 794
• Rock Creek Water District v. County of Calaveras · 29 Cal. 2d 7
• Loew's Inc. v. Byram · 11 Cal. 2d 746
• Southern Pacific Co. v. McColgan · 68 Cal. App. 2d 48
• Weber v. County of Santa Barbara · 15 Cal. 2d 82
• Estate of Todd · 17 Cal. 2d 270
• People v. Trieber · 28 Cal. 2d 657
• Warner v. Kenny · 27 Cal. 2d 627
• Villanazul v. City of Los Angeles · 235 P.2d 16
• Thomas v. Driscoll · 42 Cal. App. 2d 23
• Young v. Three for One Oil Royalties · 1 Cal. 2d 639
• In Re Werner · 62 P. 97
• Oakland Paving Co. v. Whittell Realty Co. · 195 P. 1058
• Johnson v. Central Aviation Corp. · 103 Cal. App. 2d 102
• Redwood Theatres, Inc. v. City of Modesto · 86 Cal. App. 2d 907
• Jensen v. Hugh Evans & Co. · 13 Cal. 2d 401

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