State Supreme Court / Cal.

Hall v. City of Taft

Decided October 19, 1956. Jesse W. Carter wrote the opinion for the court.

47 Cal. 2d 177 · Cited 166 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.

Kennedy v. Miller · 97 Cal. 429
In Re Means · 14 Cal. 2d 254
Butler v. Compton Junior College District · 77 Cal. App. 2d 719
Merrill Elementary School District v. Rapose · 125 Cal. App. 2d 819
Ex Parte Daniels · 192 P. 442
Pipoly v. Benson · 20 Cal. 2d 366
Piper v. Big Pine School District · 226 P. 926
Pass Sch. Dist. of L.A. Cty. v. Hollywood City Sch. Dist. of L.A. Cty. · 105 P. 122
Worthington Sch. Dist. v. Eureka Sch. Dist. · 159 P. 437
Board of Education v. Davidson · 190 Cal. 162
Tolman v. Underhill · 39 Cal. 2d 708
Natural Milk Producers Ass'n v. City & County of San Francisco · 20 Cal. 2d 101
Simpson v. City of Los Angeles · 40 Cal. 2d 271
Pulcifer v. County of Alameda · 29 Cal. 2d 258
Pasadena Sch. Dist. v. City of Pasadena · 134 P. 985
In Re Mingo · 214 P. 850
Kelso v. Board of Education · 42 Cal. App. 2d 415
In Re Murphy · 212 P. 30
Esberg v. Badaracco · 259 P. 730
Atlas Mixed Mortar Co. v. City of Burbank · 262 P. 334
Ganley v. Claeys · 2 Cal. 2d 266
Roman Catholic Welfare Corp. v. City of Piedmont · 289 P.2d 438
Woodcock v. Dick · 36 Cal. 2d 146
Phelps v. Prussia · 60 Cal. App. 2d 732
Seidel v. Waring · 36 Cal. 2d 149

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County of Los Angeles v. City of Los Angeles · 212 Cal. App. 2d 160
Great Western Shows, Inc. v. County of Los Angeles · 44 P.3d 120
California Teachers Assn. v. Hayes · 5 Cal. App. 4th 1513
Town of Atherton v. Superior Court · 159 Cal. App. 2d 417
Laidlaw Waste Systems, Inc. v. Bay Cities Services, Inc. · 43 Cal. App. 4th 630
San Francisco NAACP v. San Francisco Unified School District · 484 F. Supp. 657
City of Orange v. Valenti · 37 Cal. App. 3d 240
City of Santa Clara v. Santa Clara Unified School District · 22 Cal. App. 3d 152
City of Santa Cruz v. Santa Cruz City School Board of Education · 210 Cal. App. 3d 1
Stones v. Los Angeles Community College District · 572 F. Supp. 1072
Del Norte Disposal, Inc. v. Department of Corrections · 26 Cal. App. 4th 1009
Butt v. State of California · 842 P.2d 1240
Regents of University of California v. City of Santa Monica · 77 Cal. App. 3d 130
Board of Regents of the Universities & State College v. City of Tempe · 356 P.2d 399
Port Arthur Independent School District v. City of Groves · 376 S.W.2d 330
Hartford Union High School v. City of Hartford · 187 N.W.2d 849
Casmalia School District v. Board of Supervisors · 180 Cal. App. 2d 332
San Antonio Independent School District v. McKinney · 936 S.W.2d 279
Kirchmann v. Lake Elsinore Unified School District · 100 Cal. Rptr. 2d 289
Edmonds School District No. 15 v. City of Mountlake Terrace · 465 P.2d 177
Gonzales v. State of California · 29 Cal. App. 3d 585
Modesto Irrigation District v. City of Modesto · 210 Cal. App. 2d 652
Board of Trustees v. City of Los Angeles · 49 Cal. App. 3d 45

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