Department of Health v. Donahue

Decided November 13, 1984. Joseph R. Quinn wrote the opinion for the court.

690 P.2d 243 · Cited 733 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.

• Johnson v. Neel · 229 P.2d 939
• Ewing v. Colorado Farm Mutual Casualty Co. · 296 P.2d 1040
• Gulf Insurance Co. v. State · 607 P.2d 1016
• Shumate v. State Personnel Board · 528 P.2d 404
• Jacobs v. Perry · 313 P.2d 1008
• Aubert v. Town of Fruita · 559 P.2d 232
• Langley v. Young · 72 Colo. 466
• People Ex Rel. Metzger v. Watrous · 215 P.2d 344
• Millage v. Spahn · 175 P.2d 982
• French v. Patriotic Insurance Co. · 111 P.2d 893
• Underhill v. McGuffin · 381 P.2d 265
• deKoevend v. Board of Education of West End School District RE-2 · 688 P.2d 219
• People v. Abbott · 638 P.2d 781
• Griffith v. Wright · 6 Colo. 248
• Department of Health v. Donahue · 668 P.2d 946

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