Figueroa v. State

Decided December 31, 1979. Thomas S. Ogata wrote the opinion for the court.

61 Haw. 369 · Cited 79 times

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• Meier v. Ross General Hospital · 69 Cal. 2d 420
• People v. Carroll · 3 N.Y.2d 686
• Lucas v. City of Long Beach · 60 Cal. App. 3d 341
• Angelle v. State · 34 So. 2d 321
• Grant Construction Co. v. Burns · 443 P.2d 1005
• Medina v. People · 387 P.2d 733
• Seibel v. City & County of Honolulu · 602 P.2d 532
• Rogers v. State · 459 P.2d 378
• Barlow v. City of New Orleans · 241 So. 2d 501
• Adams v. State · 429 P.2d 109
• Ajirogi v. State · 583 P.2d 980
• Haworth v. State · 592 P.2d 820
• Thornton v. City of Flint · 197 N.W.2d 485
• Bogust v. Iverson · 10 Wis. 2d 129
• Upchurch v. State · 454 P.2d 112
• Kent v. Whitaker · 364 P.2d 556
• A. C. Chock, Ltd. v. Kaneshiro · 451 P.2d 809
• Student Government Ass'n of Louisiana State University v. Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University · 264 So. 2d 916
• W. H. Greenwell, Ltd. v. Department of Land & Natural Resources · 436 P.2d 527
• Paulen v. Shinnick · 289 N.W. 162
• Marks v. St. Francis Hospital & School of Nursing, Inc. · 294 P.2d 258
• Slater v. Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart · 314 N.E.2d 715
• Miller v. Yoshimoto · 536 P.2d 1195
• O'DANIEL v. Inter-Island Resorts, Ltd. · 377 P.2d 609
• Stryker v. Queen's Medical Center · 587 P.2d 1229

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