State Supreme Court / Cal.

Davidson v. City of Westminster

Decided August 30, 1982. Otto Kaus wrote the opinion for the court.

649 P.2d 894 · Cited 367 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.

Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California · 551 P.2d 334
Thompson v. County of Alameda · 614 P.2d 728
Mann v. State of California · 70 Cal. App. 3d 773
Antique Arts Corp. v. City of Torrance · 39 Cal. App. 3d 588
McCarthy v. Frost · 33 Cal. App. 3d 872
Rowland v. Christian · 69 Cal. 2d 108
Johnson v. State of California · 447 P.2d 352
Fletcher v. Western National Life Insurance · 10 Cal. App. 3d 376
Alcorn v. Anbro Engineering, Inc. · 468 P.2d 216
Cervantez v. J. C. Penney Co. · 595 P.2d 975
Whitcombe v. County of Yolo · 73 Cal. App. 3d 698
State Rubbish Collectors Ass'n v. Siliznoff · 240 P.2d 282
McCorkle v. City of Los Angeles · 70 Cal. 2d 252
Hayes v. State of California · 521 P.2d 855
Vistica v. Presbyterian Hospital & Medical Center of San Francisco, Inc. · 67 Cal. 2d 465
Coffee v. McDonnell Douglas Corp. · 503 P.2d 1366
Raymond v. Paradise Unified School District · 218 Cal. App. 2d 1
Morgan v. County of Yuba · 230 Cal. App. 2d 938
Keene v. Wiggins · 69 Cal. App. 3d 308
Clemente v. State of California · 101 Cal. App. 3d 374
Mikialian v. City of Los Angeles · 79 Cal. App. 3d 150
Fuentes v. Christina Perez · 66 Cal. App. 3d 163
Spackman v. Good · 245 Cal. App. 2d 518
McGuigan v. Southern Pacific Co. · 112 Cal. App. 2d 704
Martinez v. State of California · 85 Cal. App. 3d 430

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Johns-Manville Sales Corp. v. United States · 622 F. Supp. 443
Johnson v. County of Los Angeles · 143 Cal. App. 3d 298
City of Sunnyvale v. Superior Court · 203 Cal. App. 3d 839
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Von Batsch v. American District Telegraph Co. · 175 Cal. App. 3d 1111
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Falls v. Superior Court · 42 Cal. App. 4th 1031
Kisbey v. State of California · 682 P.2d 1093
Nally v. Grace Community Church · 763 P.2d 948
Tipton v. Town of Tabor · 1997 SD 96
Harris v. Smith · 157 Cal. App. 3d 100
Minch v. Department of California Highway Patrol · 44 Cal. Rptr. 3d 846
State of California v. Superior Court · 150 Cal. App. 3d 848
Hooper v. City of Chula Vista · 212 Cal. App. 3d 442
Wylie v. Gresch · 191 Cal. App. 3d 412
Michael E. L. v. County of San Diego · 183 Cal. App. 3d 515
Denton v. City of Fullerton · 233 Cal. App. 3d 1636
Foremost Dairies, Inc. v. State of California · 190 Cal. App. 3d 361
Foremost Dairies, Inc. v. State of California · 190 Cal. App. 3d 361
Sterling v. Bloom · 723 P.2d 755
Garcia v. Superior Court · 789 P.2d 960
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