State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

County of San Diego v. State of California

Decided July 1, 2008. Patricia D. Benke wrote the opinion for the court.

164 Cal. App. 4th 580 · Cited 129 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.

Butt v. State of California · 842 P.2d 1240
Mandel v. Myers · 629 P.2d 935
County of San Luis Obispo v. Gage · 73 P. 174
Connerly v. Schwarzenegger · 146 Cal. App. 4th 739
Long Beach Unified Sch. Dist. v. STATE OF CALIF. · 225 Cal. App. 3d 155
Powers v. City of Richmond · 893 P.2d 1160
County of San Diego v. State · 15 Cal. 4th 68
Kinlaw v. State of California · 815 P.2d 1308
Babb v. Superior Court · 479 P.2d 379
Gay Law Students Ass'n v. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. · 595 P.2d 592
San Francisco Taxpayers Assn. v. Board of Supervisors · 828 P.2d 147
Ballard v. Anderson · 484 P.2d 1345
Unnamed Physician v. Board of Trustees of Saint Agnes Medical Center · 113 Cal. Rptr. 2d 309
Venice Town Council, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles · 47 Cal. App. 4th 1547
Environmental Defense Project v. County of Sierra · 70 Cal. Rptr. 3d 474
Tri-County Special Education Local Plan Area v. County of Tuolumne · 19 Cal. Rptr. 3d 884
JRS Products, Inc. v. Matsushita Electric Corp. of America · 8 Cal. Rptr. 3d 840
Porten v. University of San Francisco · 64 Cal. App. 3d 825
Kirstowsky v. Superior Court · 143 Cal. App. 2d 745
State Board of Education v. Honig · 13 Cal. App. 4th 720
Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Mendes · 72 Cal. Rptr. 3d 553
Adams v. Wolff · 84 Cal. App. 2d 435
Hayes v. Commission on State Mandates · 11 Cal. App. 4th 1564
Faria v. San Jacinto Unified School District · 50 Cal. App. 4th 1939
City of Sacramento v. California State Legislature · 187 Cal. App. 3d 393

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