State Supreme Court / Cal.

Gin S. Chow v. City of Santa Barbara

Decided April 3, 1933. John Wesley Shenk wrote the opinion for the court.

22 P.2d 5 · Cited 122 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.

Lux v. Haggin · 69 Cal. 255
Miller & Lux v. Madera Canal & Irrigation Co. · 99 P. 502
Fifield v. Spring Valley Water Works · 62 P. 1054
Miller v. Bay Cities Water Co. · 107 P. 115
San Joaquin & Kings River Canal & Irrigation Co. v. Fresno Flume & Irrigation Co. · 112 P. 182
Herminghaus v. Southern California Edison Co. · 252 P. 607
Anaheim Union Water Co. v. Fuller. · 88 P. 978
Gallatin v. Corning Irrigation Co. · 126 P. 864
Miller & Lux v. Enterprise Canal & Land Co. · 79 P. 439
Fall River Valley Irrigation District v. Mt. Shasta Power Corp. · 259 P. 444
Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. · 272 U.S. 365
Hadacheck v. Sebastian · 239 U.S. 394
Miller v. Board of Public Works of Los Angeles · 234 P. 381
Kansas v. Colorado · 206 U.S. 46
United States v. Rio Grande Dam & Irrigation Co. · 174 U.S. 690
Marcus Brown Holding Co. v. Feldman · 256 U.S. 170
Ohio Oil Company v. Indiana · 177 U.S. 190
Connecticut v. Massachusetts · 282 U.S. 660
Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Tranbarger · 238 U.S. 67
Edgar A. Levy Leasing Co. v. Siegel · 258 U.S. 242
Walls v. Midland Carbon Co. · 254 U.S. 300
Dwyer v. City Council of the City of Berkeley · 253 P. 932
Odd Fellows' Cemetery Ass'n v. City & County of San Francisco · 73 P. 987
In re Willow Creek · 74 Or. 592
Re Determination of Water Rights of Hood River. · 227 P. 1065

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Los Osos Valley Associates v. City of San Luis Obispo · 30 Cal. App. 4th 1670
Rowland v. Ramelli · 25 Cal. 3d 339
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Karuk Tribe of Northern California v. California Regional Water Quality Control Bd., North Coast Region · 183 Cal. App. 4th 330
People Ex Rel. State Water Resources Control Board v. Forni · 54 Cal. App. 3d 743
In Re Clinton Water District · 218 P.2d 309
United States v. Fallbrook Public Utility Dist. · 109 F. Supp. 28
Vanderstok v. Bank of America · 29 Cal. App. 3d 731
Sonic-Calabasas A, Inc. v. Moreno · 57 Cal. 4th 1109
United States v. Gerlach Live Stock Co. · 339 U.S. 725
Cole v. Rush · 289 P.2d 450
Tulare Irrigation District v. Lindsay-Strathmore Irrigation District · 3 Cal. 2d 489
Peabody v. City of Vallejo · 2 Cal. 2d 351
City of Pasadena v. City of Alhambra · 33 Cal. 2d 908
State v. Langley · 84 P.2d 767
City of Barstow v. Mojave Water Agency · 5 P.3d 853
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