State Supreme Court / Cal.

Coca-Cola Co. v. State Board of Equalization

Decided February 9, 1945. Douglas L. Edmonds wrote the opinion for the court.

25 Cal. 2d 918 · Cited 151 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.

Union League Club v. Johnson · 18 Cal. 2d 275
Standard Oil Co. v. Johnson · 24 Cal. 2d 40
People v. Puritan Ice Co. · 24 Cal. 2d 645
People v. Southern Pac. Co. · 290 P. 25
Kirk v. Johnson · 37 Cal. App. 2d 224
People v. Monterey County Ice & Development Co. · 29 Cal. App. 2d 421
Old Colony Railroad v. Commissioner · 284 U.S. 552
Helvering v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. · 306 U.S. 110
Miller v. McColgan · 17 Cal. 2d 432
Federal Communications Commission v. Columbia Broadcasting System of California, Inc. · 311 U.S. 132
City & County of San Francisco v. County of San Mateo · 17 Cal. 2d 814
Riley v. Forbes · 227 P. 768
American Distilling Co. v. State Board of Equalization · 55 Cal. App. 2d 799
Riley v. Thompson · 227 P. 772
McDougald v. Boyd · 159 P. 168
Shealor v. City of Lodi · 23 Cal. 2d 647

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Universal Engineering Co. v. State Board of Equalization · 118 Cal. App. 2d 36
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People ex rel. Lungren v. Superior Court · 14 Cal. 4th 294
DiGenova v. State Board of Education · 367 P.2d 865
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Rivera v. City of Fresno · 490 P.2d 793
In Re Waters of Long Valley Creek Stream System · 599 P.2d 656
Mudd v. McColgan · 30 Cal. 2d 463
Jones v. Tracy School District · 611 P.2d 441
City of Berkeley v. Superior Court · 606 P.2d 362
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