State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

Gatto v. County of Sonoma

Decided May 23, 2002. John Anthony Kline wrote the opinion for the court.

120 Cal. Rptr. 2d 550 · Cited 83 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.

In Re Cox · 474 P.2d 992
Hodge Ex Rel. Hodge v. Lynd · 88 F. Supp. 2d 1234
Independent Housing Services v. Fillmore Center Associates · 840 F. Supp. 1328
Hessians Motorcycle Club v. Flanagans · 86 Cal. App. 4th 833
Marina Point, Ltd. v. Wolfson · 640 P.2d 115
West Shield Investigations & Security Consultants v. Superior Court · 98 Cal. Rptr. 2d 612
Snipes v. City of Bakersfield · 145 Cal. App. 3d 861
In Re Bushman · 463 P.2d 727
Molien v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · 616 P.2d 813
Jackson v. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · 220 Cal. App. 3d 1315
Connally v. General Construction Co. · 269 U.S. 385
Thornhill v. Alabama · 310 U.S. 88
Cox v. Louisiana · 379 U.S. 536
People v. Lent · 541 P.2d 545
Harris v. Capital Growth Investors XIV · 805 P.2d 873
Ghirardo v. Antonioli · 883 P.2d 960
People Ex Rel. Gallo v. Acuna · 14 Cal. 4th 1090
Williams v. Horvath · 548 P.2d 1125
Taylor v. Superior Court · 598 P.2d 854
Jones v. Kmart Corp. · 17 Cal. 4th 329
Loehr v. Ventura County Community College District · 147 Cal. App. 3d 1071
Minsky v. City of Los Angeles · 520 P.2d 726
O'CONNOR v. Village Green Owners Assn. · 662 P.2d 427
Coleman v. DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL ADMININISTRATION · 805 P.2d 300
People Ex Rel. Department of Transportation v. Superior Court · 608 P.2d 673

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Semler v. General Electric Capital Corp. · 196 Cal. App. 4th 1380
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Hughes v. Pair · 46 Cal. 4th 1035
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Wells v. One2One Learning Foundation · 141 P.3d 225
Pugliese v. Superior Court · 53 Cal. Rptr. 3d 681
Conlan v. Bonta' · 125 Cal. Rptr. 2d 788
Prigmore v. City of Redding · 211 Cal. App. 4th 1322
Sequoia Park Associates v. County of Sonoma · 176 Cal. App. 4th 1270
Wilson v. Haria and Gogri Corp. · 479 F. Supp. 2d 1127
Gunther v. Lin · 50 Cal. Rptr. 3d 317
Grassilli v. Barr · 48 Cal. Rptr. 3d 715
Lehman v. Superior Court · 51 Cal. Rptr. 3d 411
Grodensky v. Artichoke Joe's Casino · 171 Cal. App. 4th 1399
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