Mary M. v. City of Los Angeles

Decided September 5, 1991. Joyce L. Kennard wrote the opinion for the court.

814 P.2d 1341 · Cited 385 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.

• White v. County of Orange · 166 Cal. App. 3d 566
• John R. v. Oakland Unified School District · 769 P.2d 948
• Perez v. Van Groningen & Sons, Inc. · 719 P.2d 676
• Applewhite v. City of Baton Rouge · 380 So. 2d 119
• Hinman v. Westinghouse Electric Co. · 471 P.2d 988
• Jentick v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. · 18 Cal. 2d 117
• Desotelle v. Continental Casualty Co. · 400 N.W.2d 524
• Muskopf v. Corning Hospital District · 55 Cal. 2d 211
• Rodgers v. Kemper Construction Co. · 50 Cal. App. 3d 608
• Rowland v. Christian · 69 Cal. 2d 108
• People v. Perez · 591 P.2d 63
• Brown v. Kelly Broadcasting Co. · 771 P.2d 406
• Ballard v. Superior Court of San Diego County · 64 Cal. 2d 159
• People v. Rincon-Pineda · 538 P.2d 247
• J. C. Penney Casualty Insurance v. M. K. · 804 P.2d 689
• Belair v. Riverside County Flood Control District · 764 P.2d 1070
• Rita M. v. Roman Catholic Archbishop · 187 Cal. App. 3d 1453
• Alma W. v. Oakland Unified School District · 123 Cal. App. 3d 133
• Gambling v. Cornish · 426 F. Supp. 1153
• Auto Equity Sales, Inc. v. Superior Court · 57 Cal. 2d 450
• People v. Haskett · 640 P.2d 776
• People v. Barnes · 721 P.2d 110
• Weirum v. RKO General, Inc. · 539 P.2d 36
• Brown v. Superior Court · 751 P.2d 470
• Williams v. Horvath · 548 P.2d 1125

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