State Supreme Court / Cal.

In Re Ferguson

Decided April 24, 1961. Thomas P. White wrote the opinion for the court.

55 Cal. 2d 663 · Cited 62 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.

In Re Chessman · 279 P.2d 24
Akamine v. Murphy · 108 Cal. App. 2d 294
Davis v. Superior Court · 175 Cal. App. 2d 8
People v. Garmon · 177 Cal. App. 2d 301
Ex Parte Hull · 312 U.S. 546
Nichols v. McGee · 169 F. Supp. 721
Ex parte Jentzsch · 112 Cal. 468
Gospel Army v. City of Los Angeles · 27 Cal. 2d 232
People v. Howard · 166 Cal. App. 2d 638
People v. Ray · 181 Cal. App. 2d 64
In Re Robinson · 112 Cal. App. 2d 626
Warfield v. Raymond · 71 A.2d 870
Bailleaux v. Holmes · 177 F. Supp. 361
United States v. Randolph · 161 F. Supp. 553
Curtis v. Jacques · 130 F. Supp. 920

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Knuckles v. Prasse · 302 F. Supp. 1036
In Re Jordan · 500 P.2d 873
People v. Wells · 261 Cal. App. 2d 468
In Re Jordan · 526 P.2d 523
In Re Allison · 425 P.2d 193
In Re Serna · 76 Cal. App. 3d 1010
Gonzales v. California Department of Corrections · 782 F. Supp. 2d 834
People v. Woody · 394 P.2d 813
People v. Hernandez · 229 Cal. App. 2d 143
In Re Schoengarth · 66 Cal. 2d 295
Carothers v. Follette · 314 F. Supp. 1014
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In Re Jackson · 393 P.2d 420
Fulwood v. Clemmer · 206 F. Supp. 370
People v. Pierce · 66 Cal. 2d 53
People v. Goss · 193 Cal. App. 2d 720
In Re Van Geldern · 489 P.2d 578
People v. Jones · 19 Cal. App. 3d 437
People v. Chandler · 262 Cal. App. 2d 350

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