House v. Los Angeles County Flood Control District

Decided December 5, 1944. Roger J. Traynor wrote the opinion for the court.

25 Cal. 2d 384 · Cited 91 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.

• Conniff v. City of San Francisco · 67 Cal. 45
• United States v. Cress · 243 U.S. 316
• Jacobs v. United States · 290 U.S. 13
• Hurley v. Kincaid · 285 U.S. 95
• United States v. Sponenbarger · 308 U.S. 256
• Archer v. City of Los Angeles · 19 Cal. 2d 19
• San Gabriel Valley Country Club v. County of Los Angeles · 188 P. 554
• Los Angeles County Flood Control District v. Hamilton · 169 P. 1028
• Chesebro v. Los Angeles County Flood Control District · 306 U.S. 459
• Pumpelly v. Green Bay Co. · 80 U.S. 166
• Rose v. State of California · 19 Cal. 2d 713
• Pacific Telephone Etc. Co. v. Eshleman · 137 P. 1119
• Reardon v. City of San Francisco · 66 Cal. 492
• Perkins v. Blauth · 127 P. 50
• Powers Farms, Inc. v. Consolidated Irrigation District · 19 Cal. 2d 123
• Varney & Green v. Williams · 100 P. 867
• Morrison v. Clackamas County · 18 P.2d 814
• Smith v. City of Los Angeles · 66 Cal. App. 2d 562
• O'Hara v. Los Angeles County Flood Control District · 19 Cal. 2d 61
• Kaufman v. Tomich · 280 P. 130
• Elliott v. County of Los Angeles · 191 P. 899
• Mitchell v. City of Santa Barbara · 48 Cal. App. 2d 568
• City of Redding v. Diestelhorst · 15 Cal. App. 2d 184
• Pacific Seaside Home for Children v. Newbert Protection District · 213 P. 967
• City of Los Angeles v. Los Angeles County Flood Control District · 11 Cal. 2d 395

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• Customer Co. v. City of Sacramento · 895 P.2d 900
• Clement v. State Reclamation Board · 220 P.2d 897
• Holtz v. Superior Court · 475 P.2d 441
• Los Angeles County Flood Control District v. Southern California Edison Co. · 51 Cal. 2d 331
• Pacific Bell v. City of San Diego · 96 Cal. Rptr. 2d 897
• Beckley v. Reclamation Board · 205 Cal. App. 2d 734
• Rose v. City of Coalinga · 190 Cal. App. 3d 1627
• Odello Brothers v. County of Monterey · 63 Cal. App. 4th 778
• Bauer v. County of Ventura · 45 Cal. 2d 276
• Southern California Gas Co. v. City of Los Angeles · 50 Cal. 2d 713
• Eldridge v. City of Palo Alto · 57 Cal. App. 3d 613
• Stone v. Los Angeles County Flood Control District · 81 Cal. App. 2d 902
• Callens v. County of Orange · 129 Cal. App. 2d 255
• City of Los Angeles v. Sabatasso · 3 Cal. App. 3d 973
• HFH, LTD. v. Superior Court · 542 P.2d 237
• Ayres v. City Council of Los Angeles · 34 Cal. 2d 31
• Belair v. Riverside County Flood Control District · 764 P.2d 1070
• Arreola v. County of Monterey · 122 Cal. Rptr. 2d 38
• Youngblood v. Los Angeles County Flood Control District · 56 Cal. 2d 603
• Hunter v. Adams · 180 Cal. App. 2d 511
• Ghiozzi v. City of South San Francisco · 72 Cal. App. 2d 472
• Los Osos Valley Associates v. City of San Luis Obispo · 30 Cal. App. 4th 1670
• Paterno v. State · 87 Cal. Rptr. 2d 754
• Smith v. County of Los Angeles · 214 Cal. App. 3d 266
• Clemons v. City of Los Angeles · 222 P.2d 439

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