Cohen v. Board of Supervisors

Decided October 31, 1985. Stanley Mosk wrote the opinion for the court.

707 P.2d 840 · Cited 157 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.

• In Re Hubbard · 62 Cal. 2d 119
• Lancaster v. Municipal Court · 494 P.2d 681
• City of Santa Barbara v. Adamson · 610 P.2d 436
• Continental Baking Co. v. Katz · 68 Cal. 2d 512
• In Re Lane · 58 Cal. 2d 99
• Abbott v. City of Los Angeles · 53 Cal. 2d 674
• Spitcauer v. County of Los Angeles · 227 Cal. App. 2d 376
• IT Corp. v. County of Imperial · 672 P.2d 121
• Robbins v. Superior Court · 695 P.2d 695
• Sunset Amusement Co. v. Board of Police Commissioners · 496 P.2d 840
• Baron v. City of Los Angeles · 469 P.2d 353
• Taylor v. Union Pacific Railroad · 549 P.2d 855
• Eckl v. Davis · 51 Cal. App. 3d 831
• People v. Katrinak · 136 Cal. App. 3d 145
• Miller v. Murphy · 143 Cal. App. 3d 337
• Bishop v. City of San Jose · 460 P.2d 137
• Pipoly v. Benson · 20 Cal. 2d 366
• Dillard v. McKnight · 34 Cal. 2d 209
• Vella v. Hudgins · 572 P.2d 28
• City and County of San Francisco v. Cooper · 534 P.2d 403
• People Ex Rel. Deukmejian v. County of Mendocino · 683 P.2d 1150
• Arnel Development Co. v. City of Costa Mesa · 620 P.2d 565
• Crownover v. Musick · 509 P.2d 497
• Gospel Army v. City of Los Angeles · 27 Cal. 2d 232
• People v. Joseph B. · 671 P.2d 852

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• Cohen v. Board of Supervisors · 178 Cal. App. 3d 447
• People v. Janini · 89 Cal. Rptr. 2d 245
• A & B Cattle Co. of Nevada, Inc. v. City of Escondido · 192 Cal. App. 3d 1032
• Prime Gas, Inc. v. City of Sacramento · 184 Cal. App. 4th 697
• Leach v. City of San Marcos · 213 Cal. App. 3d 648
• People Ex Rel. Gallo v. Acuna · 14 Cal. 4th 1090
• Bravo Vending v. City of Rancho Mirage · 16 Cal. App. 4th 383
• People v. Nguyen · 222 Cal. App. 4th 1168
• Whyte v. Schlage Lock Company · 125 Cal. Rptr. 2d 277
• City of Riverside v. Inland Empire Patients Health & Wellness Center, Inc. · 56 Cal. 4th 729
• City of Santa Monica v. Yarmark · 203 Cal. App. 3d 153
• CBS, INC. v. Block · 725 P.2d 470
• Pro-Family Advocates v. Gomez · 46 Cal. App. 4th 1674
• LOMBARD ACCEPTANCE v. Town of San Anselmo · 114 Cal. Rptr. 2d 699
• Nordyke v. King · 44 P.3d 133
• Savage v. Trammell Crow Co. · 223 Cal. App. 3d 1562
• Hilb, Rogal & Hamilton Insurance Services v. Robb · 33 Cal. App. 4th 1812
• City of Oakland v. Superior Court · 45 Cal. App. 4th 740
• Lubavitch Congregation v. City of Long Beach · 217 Cal. App. 3d 1388
• Hunt v. Superior Court · 987 P.2d 705
• Smith v. Adventist Health System/West · 182 Cal. App. 4th 729
• King v. Meese · 743 P.2d 889
• California Grocers Assn. v. City of Los Angeles · 52 Cal. 4th 177
• Chico Feminist Women's Health Center v. Scully · 208 Cal. App. 3d 230
• TINY B., INC. v. City of Newport Beach · 81 Cal. Rptr. 2d 6

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