Harris v. City of Santa Monica

Decided February 7, 2013. Goodwin Hon Liu wrote the opinion for the court.

56 Cal. 4th 203 · Cited 285 times

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• Lyle v. Warner Brothers Television Productions · 132 P.3d 211
• Commodore Home Systems, Inc. v. Superior Court · 649 P.2d 912
• McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · 411 U.S. 792
• People v. Giordano · 170 P.3d 623
• Alcorn v. Anbro Engineering, Inc. · 468 P.2d 216
• Agarwal v. Johnson · 603 P.2d 58
• Reno v. Baird · 957 P.2d 1333
• People v. M.S. · 10 Cal. 4th 698
• Conservatorship of Wendland · 28 P.3d 151
• Brown v. Superior Court · 691 P.2d 272
• Traverso v. People Ex Rel. Department of Transportation · 864 P.2d 488
• Peatros v. BANK OF AMERICA NT & SA · 990 P.2d 539
• Conservatorship of Valerie N. · 707 P.2d 760
• Hopkins v. Price Waterhouse · 618 F. Supp. 1109
• Buxbom v. Smith · 23 Cal. 2d 535
• Weeks v. Baker & McKenzie · 74 Cal. Rptr. 2d 510
• Leet v. Union Pacific Railroad · 25 Cal. 2d 605
• Grant-Burton v. Covenant Care, Inc. · 122 Cal. Rptr. 2d 204
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