Common Cause v. Board of Supervisors

Decided August 24, 1989. Malcolm Millar Lucas wrote the opinion for the court.

777 P.2d 610 · Cited 310 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.

• Legislature v. Reinecke · 516 P.2d 6
• Serrano v. Priest · 557 P.2d 929
• Horn v. County of Ventura · 596 P.2d 1134
• Glendale City Employees' Ass'n v. City of Glendale · 540 P.2d 609
• Harman v. City and County of San Francisco · 496 P.2d 1248
• King v. Meese · 743 P.2d 889
• Young v. Gnoss · 496 P.2d 445
• Green v. Obledo · 29 Cal. 3d 126
• Blair v. Pitchess · 486 P.2d 1242
• Yick Wo v. Hopkins · 118 U.S. 356
• D'AMICO v. Board of Medical Examiners · 520 P.2d 10
• Topanga Assn. for a Scenic Comm. v. CTY OF LOS ANGELES · 522 P.2d 12
• Continental Baking Co. v. Katz · 68 Cal. 2d 512
• Rose v. Superior Court · 569 P.2d 727
• IT Corp. v. County of Imperial · 672 P.2d 121
• Robbins v. Superior Court · 695 P.2d 695
• Pitts v. Perluss · 58 Cal. 2d 824
• People Ex Rel. San Francisco Bay Conservation & Development Commission v. Town of Emeryville · 446 P.2d 790
• Miguel v. McCarl · 291 U.S. 442
• Simpson v. Hite · 222 P.2d 225
• Shepherd v. Superior Court · 550 P.2d 161
• Otsuka v. Hite · 64 Cal. 2d 596
• Castro v. State of California · 466 P.2d 244
• McKinny v. Board of Trustees · 31 Cal. 3d 79
• Legislature v. Reinecke · 492 P.2d 385

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